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{{Short description|Russian-Soviet test pilot, aviator, researcher
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{{Infobox aviator
|name= Mikhail Gromov
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|caption=Gromov in 1937
|native_name = {{lang|ru|Михаил
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|birth_date= {{OldStyleDate|24 February|1899|12 February}}
|birth_place= [[Tver
|death_date= {{Death date and age|df=y|1985|1|22|1899|2|23}}
|death_place=[[Moscow]],
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|resting_place=[[Novodevichy Cemetery]], Moscow
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[[Zhukovsky (city)|Zhukovsky, Russia]] at the headquarters of the [[Gromov Flight Research Institute]]
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'''Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov''' ({{
== Early life ==
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From March to August 1941, Gromov was the first director of the [[Gromov Flight Research Institute|Flight Research Institute]], a flight research and testing centre in [[Zhukovsky (city)|Zhukovsky]]. 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 the [[Long-Range Aviation]] from 1946 to 1949. Later, till 1955, he was head of Department of flight service of [[Ministry of Aviation Industry (Soviet Union)|Ministry of Aviation Industry]]. In 1955 he was discharged.▼
From 1937 to 1946, Gromov was deputy of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] (1st convocation).▼
In late 1940, he initiated the establishment of the [[Fedotov Test Pilot School]].<ref name="ShLI2002">{{cite book
=== Testing history ===
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In July 1937, Gromov, [[Andrey Yumashev]], and [[Sergey Danilin (aviator)|Sergey Danilin]] {{ill|Transpolar flight of Gromov, Yumashev and Danilin|lt=established|ru|Беспосадочный перелёт Москва — Северный полюс — Сан-Джасинто}} a new [[Flight distance record|non-stop flight distance record]] of {{convert|10148|km|mi|sp=us}} from Moscow to [[San Jacinto, California|San Jacinto]], California, via the [[North Pole]] in a [[Tupolev ANT-25]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Gromov |first=M. M. |date=1939 |title=Across the North pole to America |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Across-America-Mikhail-Mikhailovich-Gromov/dp/B0006APDGA |language=EN |location=[[Moscow]] |publisher=Foreign Languages Publishing House |pages=38 }}</ref>
=== Service in World War II ===
During [[World War II]], Gromov took command of several units:
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*From 1944 to 1946, Gromov was head of the Main Department of combat training of frontline aviation of the Air Force.
== Miscellaneous ==
▲After the war, Gromov was deputy commander of the [[Long-Range Aviation]] from 1946 to 1949. Later, till 1955, he was head of Department of flight service of [[Ministry of Aviation Industry (Soviet Union)|Ministry of Aviation Industry]]. In 1955 he was discharged.
From 1959 to 1961, Gromov headed the Weightlifting Federation of USSR. ▼
▲From 1937 to 1946, Gromov was deputy of the [[Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union|Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] (1st convocation).
▲In late 1940, he initiated the establishment of the [[Fedotov Test Pilot School]].<ref name="ShLI2002">{{cite book |date=2002 |editor-last=Знаменская |editor-first=Наталья |title=ШЛИ со временем |trans-title=ShLI in Time |url=https://search.rsl.ru/ru/search#yf=2002&yt=2002&q=%D1%88%D0%BB%D0%B8%20%D1%81%D0%BE%20%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BC |language=RU |edition=2 |location=Жуковский |publisher=ООО "Редакция газеты "Жуковские вести" |pages=400 }}</ref>
▲From 1959 to 1961, Gromov headed the Weightlifting Federation of USSR.
Gromov lived in Moscow. Gromov's wife, Nina Georgievna Gromova (1922–2019), was an [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] sportswoman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.equnews.ru/drugie-vidy-sporta/legendy-ne-stareyut-nina-georgievna-gr/|title=Легенды не стареют! Нина Георгиевна Громова снова в седле|website=Equnews.ru|language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-02-11}}</ref> He is buried at [[Novodevichy Cemetery]].▼
Gromov used his influence and renown
▲Gromov lived in Moscow. Gromov's wife, Nina Georgievna Gromova (1922–2019), was an [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] sportswoman.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.equnews.ru/drugie-vidy-sporta/legendy-ne-stareyut-nina-georgievna-gr/|title=Легенды не стареют! Нина Георгиевна Громова снова в седле|website=Equnews.ru|language=ru-RU|access-date=2019-02-11|archive-date=12 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011219/http://www.equnews.ru/drugie-vidy-sporta/legendy-ne-stareyut-nina-georgievna-gr/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
▲Gromov used his influence and renown among the government to attain reconsideration of [[Sergei Korolev]]'s case, which resulted in Korolev's transfer from the prison camp at [[Kolyma]] to TsKB-29.
Gromov died on January 22 1985 in Moscow. He is buried at [[Novodevichy Cemetery]].
== Commemorations ==
=== Monuments ===
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[[Category:1899 births]]
[[Category:1985 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Tver]]▼
[[Category:People from Tver Governorate]]▼
[[Category:Russian aviators]]
[[Category:Soviet World War II pilots]]
[[Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union]]
[[Category:Flight distance record holders]]▼
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner]]▼
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class]]▼
[[Category:Soviet colonel generals]]
[[Category:Soviet Air Force generals]]
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[[Category:Russian aviation record holders]]
[[Category:Soviet aviation record holders]]
▲[[Category:Flight distance record holders]]
▲[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner]]
▲[[Category:Recipients of the Order of Suvorov, 2nd class]]
[[Category:Commanders of the Legion of Honour]]
[[Category:Gromov Flight Research Institute employees]]
[[Category:Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute employees]]
▲[[Category:People from Tver]]
▲[[Category:People from Tver Governorate]]
[[Category:Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery]]
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