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Igor Sikorsky was born in Kiev, Russian Empire (now Kyiv, Ukraine), on May 25, 1889. [6] [10] [11] He was the youngest of five children.His father, Ivan Alexeevich Sikorsky, was a professor of psychology in Saint Vladimir University (now Taras Shevchenko National University), a psychiatrist with an international reputation, and an ardent Russian nationalist.
George pursued a prolific literary career in France until meeting Nicholas Roerich in Paris in 1923, a painter who became instrumental in the Grebenstchikoffs' spiritual direction and their subsequent departure for America. As the couple prepared for their final step in emigration, George formed his first publishing company, Alatas, with Roerich.
Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972 ... – aviation engineer, inventor of the single-rotor helicopter, founder of Sikorsky ... son of George Stephenson; Robert Stirling (1790 ...
Igor Sikorsky; Elinor Smith; Sir Ross Smith; ... George W. Bush, eldest son of George H. W. Bush and 43rd President of the United States; Rod Buskas, Canadian ice ...
Igor Sikorsky (1889–1972), aviation pioneer in both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft, founder of the Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a leading US helicopter manufacturer; Serge Sorokko (born 1954), art dealer, publisher and patron; Michael Stroukoff (1883–1973), President of the Chase Aircraft Company, founder of the Stroukoff Aircraft ...
The Russian Village Historic District, also known as Churaevka (Russian: Чураевка), is a historic summer colony founded by George Grebenstchikoff and Ilya Tolstoy in Southbury, Connecticut. The colony was founded in the 1920s by Russian emigres, and retains distinctive Russian touches in the architecture of its houses, as well as a ...
The eldest son of King Peter I, George had been forced to renounce his rights to the throne in favor of his younger brother, Alexander, who succeeded to the throne upon Peter's death in 1921 October 18 , 1972 (Wednesday)
The American Helicopter Society (AHS) International's Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition was a competition to achieve the first human-powered helicopter flight to reach an altitude of 3 m (10 ft) during a flight lasting at least 60 seconds, while remaining within a 10 m (32.8 ft) x 10 m (32.8 ft) square, and complying with other competition requirements. [1]