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Mikhail Gromov | |
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| Михаил Громов | |
 Gromov in 1937 | |
| Born | 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1899 |
| Died | 22 January 1985(1985-01-22) (aged 85) |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
| Monuments | Zhukovsky, Russia at the headquarters of theGromov Flight Research Institute |
| Known for | Establishing a newnon-stop flight distance record of 12411 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow to San Jacinto, California, U.S |
| Awards | Hero of the Soviet Union National Order of the Legion of Honour |
| Aviation career | |
| First flight | 1917 Farman IV |
| Famous flights | |
| Flight license | 1918 Moscow |
| Air force | Imperial Russian Army→ Soviet Air Forces |
| Rank |  General-Polkovnik of aviation (1944) |
Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov (Russian:Михаи́л Миха́йлович Гро́мов; 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1899 – 22 January 1985) was a Russian and Soviet military aviator,test pilot, andHero of the Soviet Union.
Gromov's father, Mikhail Konstantinovich Gromov, was of nobleintelligentsia and served as military medic. His mother, Lyubov Ignatyevna Andreeva, was from peasant family and received training as an obstetrician. Gromov spent his childhood inKaluga,Rzhev,[1] Myza-Raevo (near Moscow).[2] He graduated from Voskresensky Real School in Moscow, and went on to study at theIMTS from 1916 to 1917. In 1917, Gromov graduated from aviation theoretical courses at IMTS and started his army service.
Upon graduation, Gromov served as aflight instructor and militarypilot. In 1923, he won the Soviet championship in weightlifting. In 1925, he started working as atest pilot for the Air Force Research Institute testing the planes designed byAndrei Tupolev andNikolai Polikarpov. From 1930 to 1941, Gromov then worked at theCentral Aerohydrodynamic Institute and became chief-pilot.[3]
From March to August 1941, Gromov was the first director of theFlight Research Institute, a flight research and testing centre inZhukovsky. The name of M. M. Gromov was awarded to the institute in 1991 to celebrate the Institute's 50th anniversary.
After the war, Gromov was deputy commander of theLong-Range Aviation from 1946 to 1949. Later, till 1955, he was head of Department of flight service ofMinistry of Aviation Industry. In 1955 he was discharged.
From 1937 to 1946, Gromov was deputy of theSupreme Soviet of the USSR (1st convocation).
In late 1940, he initiated the establishment of theFedotov Test Pilot School.[4]
Gromov was involved in extensive testing and promotion of Russian airplanes throughout Europe and Asia. For example, from June to September 1925, Gromov flew thePolikarpov R-1 in the long-haul group flight of nine aeroplanes on the routeMoscow-Beijing-Tokyo. A year later, in 1926, Gromov completed a 7,150 kilometers (4,440 mi) European promotional flight in aTupolev ANT-3 on the routeMoscow-Königsberg-Berlin-Paris-Rome-Vienna-Prague-Warsaw-Moscow. Notably, on 25 April 1927, he made the first Sovietparachute jump out of aPolikarpov I-1 in a testing that involved the plane having entered into an unrecoverablespin.[5]
From 10 to 12 September 1934, Gromov, A. I. Filin, and I. T. Spirin made a record closed-circle non-stop flight on the routeMoscow-Ryazan-Kharkov in aTupolev ANT-25, flying 12,411 kilometers (7,712 mi) in 75 hours. Gromov was subsequently awarded the title ofHero of the Soviet Union for this feat.
In July 1937, Gromov,Andrey Yumashev, andSergey Danilinestablished [ru] a newnon-stop flight distance record of 10,148 kilometers (6,306 mi) from Moscow toSan Jacinto, California, via theNorth Pole in aTupolev ANT-25.[6]
DuringWorld War II, Gromov took command of several units:
From 1959 to 1961, Gromov headed the Weightlifting Federation of USSR.
Gromov used his influence and renown to attain reconsideration ofSergei Korolev's case, which resulted in Korolev's transfer from the prison camp atKolyma to TsKB-29.
Gromov lived in Moscow. Gromov's wife, Nina Georgievna Gromova (1922–2019), was anequestrian sportswoman.[7]
Gromov died on January 22 1985 in Moscow. He is buried atNovodevichy Cemetery.
The Gromov Medal was established in March 2011 by theGromov Flight Research Institute as a highest corporate award in memory of the founder of the institute.[8]
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