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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]
Stepan Mikoyan | |
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 Stepan Mikoyan in Moscow, Victory Park on Poklonnaya Hill. | |
| 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 |
- ^ "Толбоев: Микоян никогда не пользовался привилегиями сына члена Политбюро". Национальная Служба Новостей - НСН (in Russian). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- ^ Зяньковіч, Мікалай (2005). Самые секретные родственники (in Russian). ОЛМА Медиа Групп. ISBN 978-5-94850-408-7.
- ^ 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.