The Mikoyan / Gurevich OKB, founded in 1939 and since the end of the 1940s the most important supplier of tactical fighters to the Soviet Air Force, has been in the focus of international aviation publishing since the (at least partial) opening of the archives, as a number of extensive publications show.
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«МиГ»: полёт сквозь время:
Арсеньев, Валуев, Полушкин:
АлексВ 2020 Published for the 80th anniversary of the OKB MiG, this opulently designed and illustrated work presents all MiG types, with the emphasis clearly on today's designs. Nevertheless, it also contains numerous new details on the MiG-21. (In Russian) |
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ОКБ им. А.И. Микояна. 60
лет: Центр Авиации
и Космонавтики Chronicle of the history of the OKB MiG with numerous new facts, graphic presentations of the development lines of all important types and a gallery of almost 300 leading MiG staff. (In Russian) |
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OKB Mikoyan: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft: Gordon, Komissarov: Midland Publishing 2009 The new edition of the OKB MiG book, whose title omits the name of the second man in the design bureau, is essentially a new compilation of the MiG type books by prolific author Yefim Gordon. Unlike the Butowski work, which was genuinely new when it appeared, well-known facts predominate here, mixed with some curious errors, especially on the MiG-21. |
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OKB MiG: Butowski, Miller: Midland Counties Publications 1991 Despite many errors, above all in the version designations, the best – because most comprehensive – work on the Mikoyan / Gurevich design bureau, with a huge number of photos and (albeit very small) cutaway drawings. Very good in the way the work of the OKB MiG is placed in its historical and social context. (In English) |
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MiG Aircraft since 1937: Gunston, Gordon: Putnam 1998 Extensive work by two big names in aviation literature, but for readers of earlier works without much news in facts and pictures. (In English) |
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MiG 1939 - 1989: Beljakow, Marmain: Docavia 33, Lariviere 1991 One of the first comprehensive works on the OKB MiG after the end of the Cold War, with fine photos of prototypes. (In French) |
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MiG. Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design: Beljakow, Marmain: Airlife 1994 English version of MiG 1939 - 1989. For all its detail, the title does not deliver what it promises. The reader will look in vain for insider information from the OKB MiG. (In English) |
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Самолеты "МиГ" 1939 - 1995:
Беляков, Мармен:
Авико Пресс 1996 The Russian version of MiG 1939 - 1989 contains some additional pictures and – as the title suggests – additions from the first half of the 1990s. (In Russian) |
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Все МиГи. Боевые
самолеты Микояна: Якубович:
Эксмо 2013 The fact that the supposed MiG-29 on the cover turns out on closer inspection to be a Su-27 is enough to describe the "quality" of this book. The chapter on the MiG-21 is an abridged version of Истребитель МиГ-21 with all its errors. (In Russian) |
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Боевые самолеты Микояна:
Якубович: Эксмо 2009 Another typical Yakubovich work in poor print quality with many errors – starting with the air combat on the cover, which never took place like that. |
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"МиГ" Между Прошлым и
Будущим: Рестарт 2002 Published for the 70th anniversary of SOKOL in Nizhny Novgorod (formerly GAZ 21 Gorky), the volume covers the plant's product range, which consisted mainly of MiG types. With a detailed listing of MiG-21 production. (In Russian) |
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Erinnerungen eines Testpiloten: Orlow: Elbe-Dnepr 2009 After training as a test pilot, author Boris Orlov worked for decades at the OKB MiG, where he also made numerous flights in MiG-21s. He reports on particularly remarkable ones in this book, which is well worth reading. (In German) |
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MiG-Flugzeuge: Eyermann: transpress 1987 Overview of the types from the OKB MiG known at the time (the 1988 edition also mentions the MiG-29), which, however, suffers from the secrecy customary in the GDR. (In German) |
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MiG's Aviation Fact File: Sweetman: Salamander 1985 Stands out above all for its format (almost A3) and the large drawings; the facts are rather neglected. (In English) |
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MiG Dynasty: Oliver: Airlife 1990 Fine colour photos of MiGs from all over the world, unnecessarily supplemented by photos of US Air Force aggressor aircraft. (In English) |
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Typenkompass MiG: Flugzeuge seit 1939: Höfling: Motorbuch 2011 By far the worst book on the subject since the upheavals in Eastern Europe: in the MiG-21 chapter alone, one nonsensical statement follows another and version designations that never existed are listed. The captions are on a similar level; certainly half of them have nothing to do with what can be seen in the photo. (In German) |
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Миг жизни: воспоминания об
авиаконструкторе А.И. Микояне:
Машиностроение 1998 Memories of Artyom Mikoyan, one of the two founders of the OKB MiG. (In Russian) |
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Letouny MiG OKB Arťoma Mikojana 1. část, Yakubovich: Jakab n.d. Letouny MiG OKB Arťoma Mikojana 2. část, Yakubovich: Jakab n.d. In his booklets for the Czech publisher Jakab, too, author Yakubovich remains true to himself: numerous well-known photos without credits and not very informative text. (In Czech) |
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