Stepan Mikoyan

Stepan Mikoyan
Stepan Mikoyan in Moscow, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill.
Native name
Ստեփան Միկոյան
Born12 July 1922, Tbilisi.
Died24 March 2017, Moscow (aged 94).
AllegianceSoviet Union
Service / branchSoviet Air Forces
RankAir Force lieutenant general
Battles / wars
Awardssee below
Spouse(s)Eleonora Mikoyan (Lozovskaya)
Children3

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]

  1. ^ "Толбоев: Микоян никогда не пользовался привилегиями сына члена Политбюро". Национальная Служба Новостей - НСН (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  2. ^ Зяньковіч, Мікалай (2005). Самые секретные родственники (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-94850-408-7.
  3. ^ Burgess, Colin; Hall, Rex (2009-03-27). The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives and Legacies. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-387-84824-2.