For Mikoyan (unfortunately, without Gurevich) Fans ...

[ARTESH]

Mikoyan Brothers Museum in Sanahin, Armenia:

Mikoyan Brothers Museum

The Mikoyan Brothers Museum in Sanahin Armenia is a great liitle museum about the live of Soviet Armenia's two most famous sons

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[nuuumannn]

Interesting Artesh, did not realise they were Armenian. Thanks for sharing that with us.

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting!

 

[J_P_C]

most important Artiom Mikoyan's contribution to MiG team was his brother Anastas - close friend of Stalin (if he had any), real technical brain behind most of their achievements was Gurevich

 

[ARTESH]

most important Artiom Mikoyan's contribution to MiG team was his brother Anastas - close friend of Stalin (if he had any), real technical brain behind most of their achievements was Gurevich

That's why there is a "Unfortunately, without Gurevich" part in the title of the thread. And about friendship with Stalin, yes, they close to each other, but not that much.

 

[GreenKnight121]

"Its not what you know, its who you know!"

Extremely important in the USSR, especially from 1924-1953.

And Anastas was also a close ally of Krushchev (and became First Deputy Premier in 1957), and was a significant figure in the workings of the De-Stalinization of the mid-late 1950s.

 

[msxyz]

He was one of those politicians that could sense where the wind would blow well in advance and thus survive any turmoil and shift of balance, while -at the same time- looking useful and impartial enough that anyone would consider him for a position, or ask for his advice.

 

[Dimlee]

He was one of those politicians that could sense where the wind would blow well in advance and thus survive any turmoil and shift of balance, while -at the same time- looking useful and impartial enough that anyone would consider him for a position, or ask for his advice.

Old Sovet saying about him: ot Iliycha do Iliycha bez infarkta i paralicha.
Can be translated as from Ilyich (Lenin, Vladimir Iliych) to Iliych (Brezhnev, Leonid Iliych) without a heart attack, without a paralysis.
A unique case of the political longevity in the USSR.