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Alexander Mikulin

Aircraft engine designer (1895-1985) · Russia · On the map · Scientists · Died at 90

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Mikulin was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled aircraft piston engine, the Mikulin AM-34, and the Mikulin AM-3 turbojet engine for the Soviet Union's first jet airliner, the Tupolev Tu-104.

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Order of Suvorov, 1st class1945
Stalin Prize
Order of Lenin
Hero of Socialist Labour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of Suvorov, 2nd class
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of the Red Star
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
Medal "For Battle Merit"

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Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank project.

Country
Russia
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1895 to 1985 · aged 90

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