worked with Pavel Sukhoi since 1931, developing the I-16 in 1933 and I-15 in 1934. Then he worked under Ilyushin in 1937. In 1938, he established an independent design bureau. In 1939, he completed work on the I-153. In 1939, he was ordered to make a trip to Nazi Germany. In his absence, his plant director and chief engineer, along with design engineer Mikhail Gurevich put forth a proposal for a new fighter, the I-200, and received approval to create a new Design Bureau under the leadership of Artem Mikoyan, whose brother Anastas Mikoyan was a senior politician under Joseph Stalin. On his return, Polikarpov found that his Bureau no longer existed, with his engineers at the new MiG bureau. Nine years after his death, in 1953, his plant was given over to the Sukhoi bureau. Polikarpov was subsequently appointed professor at the Moscow Aviation Institute in 1943. He died on 30 July 1944 from stomach cancer. He is buried in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Polikarpov was a recipient of numerous awards, including the Stalin Prize (1941, 1943) and Hero of Socialist Labor (1940). Polikarpov Peak in the Pamir Mountains was named after him. See also Polikarpov design bureau References Bibliography Biography of Polikarpov at website of the Russian Ministry of Defense 1892 births 1944 deaths People from Livensky District People from Oryol Governorate Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery Soviet aerospace engineers Soviet inventors Soviet rehabilitations Sharashka inmates Heroes of Socialist Labour Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University alumni Stalin Prize winners Deaths from cancer in the Soviet Union Deaths from stomach cancer Academic staff of Moscow Aviation Institute