Stepan Mikoyan
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 |
| Branch | Soviet Air Forces |
| Rank | Air Force lieutenant general |
| Conflicts | |
| Awards | see below |
| Spouse | Eleonora Mikoyan (Lozovskaya) |
| Children | 3 |
Stepan Anastasi Mikoyan (Russian: Степан Анаста́сович Микоян, Armenian: Ստեփան Անաստասի Միկոյան; July 12, 1922, Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, TSFSR – March 24, 2017, Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet Armenian test pilot and the eldest son of the Old Bolshevik and high level Soviet statesman Anastas Mikoyan. His honors included Hero of the Soviet Union (1975), Lieutenant General of Aviation (1980), Honored Test Pilot of the USSR (1963), and Candidate of Technical Sciences (1978).