Mikhail Gurevich

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Mikhail Iosifovich Gurevich Russian language: Михаил Иосифович Гуревич (December 31 1892 - November, 1976) was a Soviet aircraft designer, a partner (with Artem Mikoyan) of the famous MiG military aviation bureau.

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Born to a family of Jewish winery mechanic in a small township of Rubanshchina (Kursk region), in 1910 he graduated from gymnasium in Akhtyrka (Kharkov region) with the silver medal and entered the Mathematical department of Kharkov University. After a year, for participation in revolutionary activities, he was expelled from the University and from the region and continued his education in Montpellier University, France. He also graduated from French aircraft engineering school SUPAERO, in 1913.

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In the summer 1914 Gurevich was visiting his home when World War I broke out. This and later the Russian Civil War interrupted his education. In 1925 he graduated from the Aviation faculty of Kharkov Technological Institute and worked as an engineer of the state company "Heat and Power".

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In 1929 Gurevich moved to Moscow to pursue the career of aviation designer. In 1937 he headed a designer team in Polikarpov design bureau, and after 1939 was Vice Chief designer, after 1957 - the Chief designer in Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau.

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For his winning designs, Mikhail Gurevich won State Stalin Prize (1941, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1953), Lenin award (1962), and the title of Hero of Socialist Labor (1957).

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