Nikolay Kamov

Nikolay Ilyich Kamov

A Soviet stamp, commemorating Kamov's contributions to Socialist labour.

Nikolay Ilyich Kamov (Russian: Никола́й Ильи́ч Ка́мов)) was the leading constructor of the Soviet/Russian Kamov helicopter design bureau. He was born on September 14, 1902 in Irkutsk and died on November 24, 1973 in Moscow.