| Nikolai Kamov | |
| Native Name Lang: | ru |
| Birth Name: | Nikolai Ilyich Kamov |
| Birth Date: | 14 September 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Irkutsk, Irkutsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Death Place: | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Burial Place: | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Citizenship: | Soviet Union |
| Alma Mater: | Tomsk Polytechnic University (1923) |
| Years Active: | 1923–1973 |
| Known For: | helicopter designer, scientist in aerospace engineering domain, founder of the Kamov Design Bureau (1940) |
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| Doctor of Science | |
| Predecessor: | None |
| Awards: | Hero of Socialist Labour USSR State Prize |
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Nikolai Ilyich Kamov (Russian: Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов; 24 November 1973) was a Soviet aerospace engineer, a pioneer in the design of helicopters, and founder of the Kamov helicopter design bureau.[1] [2] [3]
Kamov was born in a 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.[3]
Kamov worked with Dmitry Grigorovich and later - for TsAGI. In 1940, he was assigned to establish the new helicopter OKB which was later named after him.[1]