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Nikolay Polikarpov was a Russian and Soviet aircraft designer, head of OKB-51. Twice laureate of the Stalin Prize, Hero of Socialist Labor. Polikarpov is one of the founders of the Soviet school of aircraft construction. The multipurpose U-2 and R-5 aircraft created under his leadership were among the best in their class, and the I-15 bis, I-153 Chaika and I-16 became the basis of the USSR fighter aviation in 1934-1941, for which the designer earned the reputation of the "king of fighters". You can find us: Website - https://otr-online.ru/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Telegram - https://t.me/otr_tv ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TikTok - / otr_russia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VK - https://vk.com/otrussia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OK.RU - https://ok.ru/otrussia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yandex. Zen - https://zen.yandex.ru/otr-online.ru #OTR