Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Полика́рпов; 9 June [O.S. 28 May] 1892 – 30 July 1944) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer, known as the "King of Fighters". He designed the I-15 series of fighters, and the I-16 Ishak (Russian: ишак, 'donkey' phonetically close to its Russian: И-16 or Russian: И-шестнадцать, I-shestnadtsat', 'I-sixteen' designation) "Little Donkey" fighter.
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8 July 1892 Oryol Oblast, Russian Empire
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Died |
30 July 1944 (aged 52) Moscow, USSR
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Zodiac | Cancer |
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