Nikolai Kamov (engineer)

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Nikolai Ilyich Kamov
Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов
Born	14 September [O.S. 1 September] 1902 Irkutsk, Russian Empire
Died	24 November 1973(1973-11-24) (aged 71) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Burial place	Novodevichy Cemetery
Citizenship	Soviet Union
Alma mater	Tomsk Polytechnic University (1923)
Occupation	Scientist Engineer
Years active	1923–1973
Employer	Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (1931-1939) Kamov Design Bureau (1940-1973)
Known for	helicopter designer, scientist in aerospace engineering domain, founder of the Kamov Design Bureau (1940)
Title	Doctor of Science
Predecessor	None
Successor	[ru]
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour USSR State Prize
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Nikolay 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]

Biography[]

Kamov was born 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]

Memory[]

A Soviet post stamp commemorating Kamov's contributions to the Soviet aviation

• Buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
• Since 1992 one of the two main Soviet-Russian helicopter manufacturers bears a surname of Nikolay Kamov^[4]

See also[]

• List of Kamov aircraft

References[]

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