Nikolai Kamov (engineer)

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{{Short description|Soviet aerospace engineer}}{{More citations needed|date=October 2009}}
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| name = Nikolai Kamov
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| native_name = {{nobold|Николай Камов}}
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| birth_name = Nikolai Ilyich Kamov
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|09|14}}
| birth_place = [[Irkutsk]], [[Irkutsk Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1973|11|24|1902|09|14|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Moscow]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
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| alma_mater = [[Tomsk Polytechnic University]] (1923)
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* [[Engineer]]
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| years_active = 1923–1973
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* [[TsAGI|Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute]] (1931-1939)
* [[Kamov|Kamov Design Bureau]] (1940-1973)
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| known_for = helicopter designer, scientist in [[aerospace engineering]] domain, founder of the [[Kamov]] Design Bureau (1940)
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| title = [[Doctor of Science]]
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'''Nikolai Ilyich Kamov''' ({{langx|ru|Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов}}; {{OldStyleDate|14 September|1902|1 September}} {{endash}} 24 November 1973) was a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]], a pioneer in the design of [[helicopter]]s, and founder of the [[Kamov]] helicopter design bureau.<ref name="EncAvia1994">{{cite book |date=1994 |editor-last=Свищёв |editor-first=Георгий |title=Авиация : Энциклопедия |trans-title=Aviation : Encyclopedia |url=https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#q=Авиация%20:%20Энциклопедия%20/%20Гл.%20ред.%20Г.%20П.%20Свищев.%20-%20М.%20Большая%20рос.%20энцикл |language=RU |location=[[Moscow|Москва]] |publisher=[[Great Russian Encyclopedia|Большая российская энциклопедия]] : [[TsAGI|ЦАГИ]] |pages=735 }}</ref><ref name="XXvek2005">{{cite book |editor-last=Остапенко |editor-first=Юрий|date=2005 |title=XX век. Авиастроение России в лицах |trans-title=XXth Century. Faces of Russian Aviation Industry |url=http://www.encyclopedia.ru/cat/books/book/23518/ |language=RU |location=Москва |publisher=МОО «Общество авиастроителей» |pages=552 }}</ref><ref name="Savins2002">{{cite book |last=Савинский |first=Юрий |date=2002 |title=Камов. Творческая биография конструктора вертолётов |trans-title=Kamov. Creative biography of the Helicopters Designer |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H9yoAAAACAAJ |language=RU |location=[[Moscow|Москва]] |publisher=Полигон-Пресс |pages=200 |isbn=9785943840128 }}</ref>

== Biography ==
Kamov was born in a [[Russians|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.<ref name="Savins2002"/>

Kamov worked with [[Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich|Dmitry Grigorovich]] and later - for [[Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute|TsAGI]]. In 1940, he was assigned to establish the new helicopter [[OKB]] which was later named after him.<ref name="EncAvia1994"/>

Nikolai Ilyich Kamov died on November 24, 1973, he was 71 years old.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=11703 |title=Герой Социалистического Труда Камов Николай Ильич :: Герои страны |access-date=2018-04-21 |archive-date=2018-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120021358/http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=11703 |language=ru }}</ref>

== Awards ==

* 1972 - [[Hero of Socialist Labour]]<ref name=":0" />
* 1962, 1972 - [[Order of Lenin|Orders of Lenin]]<ref name=":0" />
* 1957, 1971 - [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour|Orders of the Red Banner of Labour]]<ref name=":0" />
* 1972 - [[USSR State Prize]]<ref name=":0" />
* Doctor of Technical Sciences<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-05-31 |title=Путин официально присвоил имя Николая Камова томскому аэропорту |url=https://www.riatomsk.ru/article/20190531/putin-oficialjno-prisvoil-imya-nikolaya-kamova-tomskomu-aeroportu/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=РИА Томск}}</ref>

== Memory ==
[[File:Rus Stamp-Kamov.jpg|thumb|left|A Soviet post stamp commemorating Kamov's contributions to the Soviet aviation]]
* Buried at the [[Novodevichy Cemetery]], [[Moscow]]
* Since 1992 [[Kamov|one of the two main Soviet-Russian helicopter manufacturers]] bears a surname of Nikolai Kamov<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.russianhelicopters.aero/en/kamov/|title=Kamov Design Bureau|website=www.russianhelicopters.aero|access-date=2018-11-26}}</ref>
* In 2018 [[Tomsk]] airport renamed into [[Tomsk Kamov Airport]] to commemorate Nikolai Kamov by decree of the President of the Russian Federation [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Off We Go! |url=https://archi.ru/en/97901/off-we-go |website=Archi.Ru |access-date=29 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />
* Monument to aircraft designer [[Mikhail Mil|M.L. Mil]] and N.I. Kamov in Irkutsk on Lenin Street (architect Sergey Demkov). The opening was on July 5, 2023.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Ростех открыл памятник авиаконструкторам Милю и Камову в Иркутске |url=https://rostec.ru/news/rostekh-otkryl-pamyatnik-aviakonstruktoram-milyu-i-kamovu-v-irkutske/ |access-date=2024-09-07 |website=rostec.ru}}</ref>
* [[File:Lenina 30a КамовНИ IMG 2122.jpg|thumb|Memorial plaque in Tomsk]]The M.L. Mil and N.I. Kamov National Helicopter Center ("NCV Mil and Kamov"), established in 2019 on the basis of JSC "Moscow Helicopter Plant named after M.L. Mil" and JSC "Kamov". The company is part of the Russian Helicopters holding company.<ref name=":2" />

== See also ==
* [[List of Kamov aircraft]]

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