Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan ("Արտյոմ Հովհաննեսի
Միկոյան or Անուշավան Հովհաննեսի Միկոյան" in
Armenian) was born in 1905, in the
Armenian village of Sanahin ("Սանահին" in
Armenian), a village in the Northern Lorri
province of Armenia, now considered part of the
city of Alaverdi (the cable car that connects it
with the Alaverdi centre is supposed to have the
steepest climb in the whole former USSR). The
village is notable for its monastery complex,
founded in the 10th century and listed as a
UNESCO World Heritage Site. In 1923 he
moved to Rostov-on-Don where he studied in the
Military Aviation Academy. He completed his
basic education and took a job as a machine-tool
operator in Rostov. Then in "Dynamo" factory in
Moscow. He was conscripted into the military.
After military service he joined the Zukovsky
Air Force Academy where he created his first
plane "Oktyabrenok", graduating in 1937.
In 1940 under leadership of Artem Mikoyan
jointly with Mikhail Gurevich MiG-3 fighter was
created.
In the war period, Mikoyan designed fighters
with high flight and technical data, including
the E-250. The speed and the height demonstrated
by MiG-15 and MiG-29 had been records for a long
time. High-speed and supersonic fighters were
designed, which had been in the armament of the
air forces for a long time, including MiG-9,
MiG-15, MiG- 17 (reaching the sound speed),
MiG-19 (the first serial native supersonic
fighter, was the most powerful fighters in the
world), MiG-21. Among Mikoyan's inventions are
such aircraft as airspace plane built late in
60s; MiG-25 the fastest and the highest-flying
titanic fighter . MiGs have been in the armament
of air forces, Soviet and foreign, for
over 50 years. Mikoyan's fighters showed 55
world records. Artem Mikoyan died on 9 December
1970.
| Artem Mikoyan was a genius who brought glory to
his country. The whole world uses his inventions . He was recognized as a great
aircraft designer not only in his Motherland,
but also abroad. The number of his
aircraft is over 60,000 at present and are used
in 52 other countries of the world.. There is a
monument to Artem Mikoyan at Erebuni airport. |
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He was twice awarded
the highest civilian honor, the "Hero of
Socialist Labor". He was also awarded "Laureate
of Lenin" and and many other State Prizes. A
colonel-general, the chief designer of the
design office. He was a deputy in six Supreme
Soviets. The Supreme Soviet (literally the
"Supreme Council") comprised the highest
legislative body in the Soviet Union in the
interim of the sessions of the Congress of
Soviets, and the only one with the power to pass
constitutional amendments.
His elder brother Anastas Ivanovich Mikoyan
(1895–1978) was an Old Bolshevik and Soviet
statesman during the Stalin and
Khrushchev years. H a senior Soviet politician.
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