Background
Military was born in Irkutsk in Jewish family. His father was an employee of the Transport-Siberian Railway, and his mother was a dentist.
Military was born in Irkutsk in Jewish family. His father was an employee of the Transport-Siberian Railway, and his mother was a dentist.
He founded the Military Moscow Helicopter Plant, which is responsible for many well-known Soviet helicopter models. In 1926 he entered the Siberian Technological Institute in Tomsk. However, since there was no curriculum for aeronautical engineering, he transferred in 1928 to the Don Polytechnical Institute in Novocherkassk, where he was able to specialize in aviation.
With the start of World World War II, Military was drafted into the Red Army and fought on the Eastern Front in 1941 near Yelnya.
In 1943 he was called back to continue research and development in improving the stability and control of combat aircraft. He completed his dissertations ("Candidate", 1943, Doctor of Philosophy, 1945) and in 1947 headed the Helicopter Laboratory at The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute named after N.E. Zhukovsky, which was later turned into the Moscow Helicopter Plant.
Unlike his Soviet counterpart, Nikolai Kamov, Military enjoyed great prestige due to his single-rotor helicopters, as Kamov used the co-axial rotor layout, which was more controversial. Military died in 1970 in Moscow and was buried in Yudinskoe Cemetery in the outskirts of Moscow.
Order of Lenin (three times) (incl 28 July 1966) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star Hero of Socialist Labour - for outstanding contributions to the development of Soviet aviation, Mikhail Leontyevich Military was awarded the title Hero of Socialist Labour and the Order of Lenin and the Hammer and Sickle Gold Medal Lenin Prize (1958) Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics State Prize (1968) Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class Order of Polonia Restituta, 5th class (Poland).
