Nikolai Kamov (engineer)
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Nikolai Kamov | |
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Николай Камов | |
Born | Nikolai Ilyich Kamov September 14, 1902 |
Died | 24 November 1973 | (aged 71)
Burial place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
Citizenship | Soviet Union |
Alma mater | Tomsk Polytechnic University (1923) |
Occupations | |
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; 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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]
- The M.L. Mil and N.I. Kamov National Helicopter Center ("NCV Mil and Kamov"), established in 2019 on the basis of JSC "Moscow Helicopter Plant named after M.L. Mil" and JSC "Kamov". The company is part of the Russian Helicopters holding company.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Свищёв, Георгий, ed. (1994). Авиация : Энциклопедия [Aviation : Encyclopedia] (in Russian). Москва: Большая российская энциклопедия : ЦАГИ. p. 735.
- ^ Остапенко, Юрий, ed. (2005). XX век. Авиастроение России в лицах [XXth Century. Faces of Russian Aviation Industry] (in Russian). Москва: МОО «Общество авиастроителей». p. 552.
- ^ a b Савинский, Юрий (2002). Камов. Творческая биография конструктора вертолётов [Kamov. Creative biography of the Helicopters Designer] (in Russian). Москва: Полигон-Пресс. p. 200. ISBN 9785943840128.
- ^ a b c d e "Герой Социалистического Труда Камов Николай Ильич :: Герои страны" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2018-01-20. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ a b "Путин официально присвоил имя Николая Камова томскому аэропорту". РИА Томск. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ "Kamov Design Bureau". www.russianhelicopters.aero. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
- ^ "Off We Go!". Archi.Ru. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Ростех открыл памятник авиаконструкторам Милю и Камову в Иркутске". rostec.ru. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
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- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
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