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Alexander Alexandrovich Mikulin (February 14 (O.S. February 2), 1895 - May 13, 1985) was a Soviet aircraft engine designer and chief designer in the Mikulin OKB
OKB
OKB is a transliteration of the Russian acronym for "Опытное конструкторское бюро" - Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro, meaning Experimental Design Bureau...

. His achievements include the first Soviet liquid-cooled piston aircraft engine Mikulin AM-34
Mikulin AM-34
The Mikulin AM-34 was the Soviet Union’s first indigenous mass-produced, liquid-cooled, aircraft engine. Its initial development was troubled, but it eventually became one of the most successful Soviet aircraft engines of the 1930s...

 and the Mikulin AM-3
Mikulin AM-3
|-See also:...

 turbojet engine for Soviet Union's first jet airliner Tupolev Tu-104
Tupolev Tu-104
The Tupolev Tu-104 was a twin-engined medium-range turbojet-powered Soviet airliner and the world's first successful jet airliner...

. Mikulin also took part in the Tsar Tank
Tsar Tank
The Tsar Tank , also known as the Netopyr which stands for pipistrellus or Lebedenko Tank , was an unusual Russian armoured vehicle developed by Nikolai Lebedenko , Nikolai Zhukovsky , Boris Stechkin , and Alexander Mikulin...

 project.

Engines:
  • M-17
    Mikulin M-17
    -See also:-External links:* http://avia.russian.ee/air/russia/index.html...

  • AM-34
    Mikulin AM-34
    The Mikulin AM-34 was the Soviet Union’s first indigenous mass-produced, liquid-cooled, aircraft engine. Its initial development was troubled, but it eventually became one of the most successful Soviet aircraft engines of the 1930s...

  • AM-35
  • AM-38
    Mikulin AM-38
    |-See also:-Bibliography:* Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aero Engines. Cambridge, England. Patrick Stephens Limited, 1989. ISBN 1-85260-163-9...

  • AM-39
  • AM-42
  • AM-3
    Mikulin AM-3
    |-See also:...

  • AM-5
    Tumansky RD-9
    |-References:* The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft: 1875-1995, Bill Gunston, ISBN 1-85532-405-9.-External links:...

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