Nikolai Kamov | |
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Николай Камов | |
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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]
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]