Выдающиеся авиаконструкторы - Season 1

Artem (Artyom) Ivanovich Mikoyan was a Soviet - Armenian aircraft designer. In partnership with Mikhail Gurevich he designed many of the famous MiG military aircraft.

Nikolay Ilyich Kamov was a Soviet aerospace engineer, a pioneer in the design ofhelicopters, and founder of the Kamov helicopter design bureau.

Georgy Mikhailovich Beriev(Beriashvili) was a Soviet - Georgian major general, founder and chief designer of the Beriev Design Bureau in Taganrog, which concentrated onamphibious aircraft.

Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev was a Soviet aircraft designer, Major General of Engineering(1944),Hero of Socialist Labor(1957), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1959), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR(1972)

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a pioneering Soviet aircraft designer.

During his career, he designed and oversaw the design of more than 100 types of aircraft, some of which set 78 world records. In recognition of his work, he was made an honorary member of Britain's Royal Aeronautical Society and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

He was honoured in his own country by being made an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1953), Colonel-General (1968), and three times a Hero of Socialist Labor (1945, 1957, 1972).

Semyon Alekseyevich Lavochkin was a Soviet aerospace engineer,Soviet aircraft designer who founded the Lavochkin aircraft design bureau. Many of his fighter designs were produced in large numbers for Soviet forces duringWorld War II.

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev was a Soviet aeronautical engineer. He designed theYakovlev military aircraft and founded theYakovlev Design Bureau.

Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin was a Sovietaircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau.

Pavel Osipovich Sukhoi was a Soviet aerospace engineer. He designed the Sukhoi military aircraft until the 1970s, and founded the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov was a Soviet aeronautical engineerand aircraft designer, known as "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak "Little Donkey" fighter.

Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov was a prominent Soviet aircraft designer, and the first chief of Antonov - a world-famous aircraft company in Ukraine, later named in his honour.

Antonov was personally responsible for designing a number of very successful Soviet airplanes (such as the Antonov An-12) and gliders for both civilian and military use.

Mikhail Leontyevich Mil is aerospace engineer and scientist. Founder and general designer of the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant.