About the book: 2006 / Stepan Anastasovich Mikoyan, Lieutenant General of Aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, widely known in our aviation circles countries and abroad. Having entered aviation in the late thirties, he went through the crucible of war, and after that he had the opportunity to test or pilot all types of domestic aircraft of the second half of the 20th century: from light sports cars to heavy missile carriers. Stepan Mikoyan's memoirs are not just a vivid historical essay about Soviet fighter aviation, but also a sincere story about the life of a family, children of the leadership of the Stalin era on the eve, during the war and in the post-war years. This book is from the site "Military Literature", also known as Militera.