Yermolaev Design Bureau was a Soviet

OKB OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "" – , meaning 'experiment and design bureau'. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. ...

(design bureau) formed in

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Vladimir Yermolaev Vladimir Grigoryevich Yermolaev (; 29 August 1909 31 December 1944) was a Soviet Union, Soviet aircraft designer, general-major of the aviation engineering service. He graduated from the Moscow State University in 1931. Yermolaev was a leading e ...

. Upon his death in

1944 Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in Nor ...

, it was absorbed into the

Sukhoi The JSC Sukhoi Company (russian: ПАО «Компания „Сухой“», ) is a Russian aircraft manufacturer (formerly Soviet), headquartered in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow, that designs both civilian and milita ...

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Aircraft

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