Nikolai Kamov (engineer)
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Nikolai Kamov | |
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<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>Николай Камов | |
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| Born | Nikolai Ilyich Kamov Template:Birth date |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Burial place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Citizenship | Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University (1923) |
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| Years active | 1923–1973 |
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| Known for | helicopter designer, scientist in aerospace engineering domain, founder of the Kamov Design Bureau (1940) |
| Title | Doctor of Science |
| Predecessor | None |
| Successor | Sergey Mikheyev |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour USSR State Prize |
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Nikolai Ilyich Kamov (Russian: Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов; Template:OldStyleDate Template:Endash 24 November 1973) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, a pioneer in the design of helicopters, and founder of the Kamov helicopter design bureau.[1][2][3]
Biography
Kamov was born in a Russian family, in Irkutsk, but lived in Tomsk until his death on November 24, 1973 in Moscow. He graduated from Tomsk Polytechnic University with an engineering degree in 1923.[3]
Kamov worked with Dmitry Grigorovich and later - for TsAGI. In 1940, he was assigned to establish the new helicopter OKB which was later named after him.[1]
Nikolai Ilyich Kamov died on November 24, 1973, he was 71 years old.[4]
Awards
- 1972 - Hero of Socialist Labour[4]
- 1962, 1972 - Orders of Lenin[4]
- 1957, 1971 - Orders of the Red Banner of Labour[4]
- 1972 - USSR State Prize[4]
- Doctor of Technical Sciences[5]
Memory
- Buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
- Since 1992 one of the two main Soviet-Russian helicopter manufacturers bears a surname of Nikolai Kamov[6]
- In 2018 Tomsk airport renamed into Tomsk Kamov Airport to commemorate Nikolai Kamov by decree of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin.[7][5]
- Monument to aircraft designer M.L. Mil and N.I. Kamov in Irkutsk on Lenin Street (architect Sergey Demkov). The opening was on July 5, 2023.[8]
Memorial plaque in Tomsk
See also
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Свищёв, Георгий, ed. (1994). Авиация : Энциклопедия [Aviation : Encyclopedia] (in русский). Москва: Большая российская энциклопедия : ЦАГИ. p. 735.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Остапенко, Юрий, ed. (2005). XX век. Авиастроение России в лицах [XXth Century. Faces of Russian Aviation Industry] (in русский). Москва: МОО «Общество авиастроителей». p. 552.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Савинский, Юрий (2002). Камов. Творческая биография конструктора вертолётов [Kamov. Creative biography of the Helicopters Designer] (in русский). Москва: Полигон-Пресс. p. 200. ISBN 9785943840128.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Герой Социалистического Труда Камов Николай Ильич :: Герои страны. Retrieved 2018-04-21 from link
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Путин официально присвоил имя Николая Камова томскому аэропорту. (2019-05-31) Retrieved 2024-09-07 from РИА Томск
- ↑ Kamov Design Bureau. Retrieved 2018-11-26 from www.russianhelicopters.aero
- ↑ Off We Go!. Retrieved 29 August 2024 from Archi.Ru
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Ростех открыл памятник авиаконструкторам Милю и Камову в Иркутске. Retrieved 2024-09-07 from rostec.ru
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