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| | Mikoyan - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | Mikoyan, formerly Mikoyan-Gurevich (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич, МиГ), is a Russian military aircraft design bureau, primarily of fighter aircraft. |
 | | It was formerly a Soviet design bureau, and was founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as "Mikoyan-Gurevich." Upon Mikoyan's death, Gurevich's name was dropped from the name of the bureau. |
 | | MiGs were the best-known Soviet fighters during the Cold War, and as a result there are a number of fictional MiGs in Western popular culture. |
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