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Stepan Mikoyan | |
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Native name | Ստեփան Միկոյան |
Born | 12 July 1922, Tbilisi. |
Died | 24 March 2017, Moscow (aged 94). |
Allegiance | Soviet Union |
Service | Soviet Air Forces |
Rank | Air Force lieutenant general |
Battles / wars | |
Awards | see below |
Spouse(s) | Eleonora Mikoyan (Lozovskaya) |
Children | 3 |
Stepan Anastasi Mikoyan (Armenian: Ստեփան Անաստասի Միկոյան; Russian: Степан Анаста́сович Микоян; July 12, 1922, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, TSFSR – March 24, 2017, Moscow, Russia)[1] was a Soviet test pilot. Hero of the Soviet Union (1975). Lieutenant General of Aviation (May 7, 1980). Honored Test Pilot of the USSR (December 10, 1963).[2] Candidate of Technical Sciences (1978). The eldest son of party and government figure Anastas Mikoyan.[3]