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Artem Mikoyan
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Artem Mikoyan

Founder · Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG · born August 5, 1905 · died 1970

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Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan, a Soviet-Armenian aircraft-designer, cofounded the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau along with Mikhail Gurevich.

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  1. 34Founded Russian Aircraft Corporation MiGDecember 8, 1939
  2. 35Received the Order of LeninDecember 31, 1940
  3. 45Received the Order of the Red BannerNovember 15, 1950
  4. ~52Named Hero of Socialist Labour1957

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