Biography:Nikolai Kamov (engineer)
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Nikolai Ilyich Kamov | |
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Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов | |
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| Born | 14 September [O.S. 1 September] 1902 Irkutsk, Russian Empire |
| Died | 24 November 1973 (aged 71) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| 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 (ru) |
| Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour USSR State Prize |
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Nikolay Ilyich Kamov (Russian: Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов; 14 September [O.S. 1 September] 1902 – 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 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]
Memory
- Buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
- Since 1992 one of the two main Soviet-Russian helicopter manufacturers bears a surname of Nikolay Kamov[4]
See also
- List of Kamov aircraft
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Свищёв, Георгий, ed (1994) (in RU). Авиация : Энциклопедия. Москва: Большая российская энциклопедия : ЦАГИ. pp. 735. https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=Авиация%20:%20Энциклопедия%20/%20Гл.%20ред.%20Г.%20П.%20Свищев.%20-%20М.%20Большая%20рос.%20энцикл.
- ↑ Остапенко, Юрий, ed (2005) (in RU). XX век. Авиастроение России в лицах. Москва: МОО «Общество авиастроителей». pp. 552. http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/23518/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Савинский, Юрий (2002) (in RU). Камов. Творческая биография конструктора вертолётов. Москва: Полигон-Пресс. pp. 200. ISBN 9785943840128. https://books.google.com/books?id=H9yoAAAACAAJ.
- ↑ "Kamov Design Bureau". http://www.russianhelicopters.aero/en/kamov/.
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