Yakovlev

<h2 id="overview">Overview</h2>
<p>The bureau formed in 1934 under aircraft designer <a href="/facts/Alexander_Sergeyevich_Yakovlev/U2SoX42C">Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev</a> as <a href="/facts/OKB/Tf3D8le0">OKB</a>-115 (the design bureau has its own production base at the facility No.115), but dates its birth from 12 May 1927, the day of maiden flight of the <a href="/facts/Yakovlev_AIR-1/55FFbaQd">AIR-1</a> aircraft developed within the Department of Light Aircraft of GUAP (Head Agency of Aviation Industry) under the supervision of A.S. Yakovlev.
</p><p>During <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> Yakovlev designed and produced a famed line of <a href="/facts/Fighter_aircraft/NuIvaGJg">fighter aircraft</a>.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Irkut_(aircraft_manufacturer)/vzcbP45G">Irkut</a> acquired Yakovlev in April 2004.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> The Russian government merged the holding company with <a href="/facts/Mikoyan/KTGxSXL1">Mikoyan</a>, <a href="/facts/Ilyushin/h3uf17kd">Ilyushin</a>, Irkut, <a href="/facts/Sukhoi/uVDI2HrK">Sukhoi</a> and <a href="/facts/Tupolev/qsUlAgRw">Tupolev</a> as a new company named <a href="/facts/United_Aircraft_Building_Corporation/MBHe9QX9">United Aircraft Building Corporation</a> in February 2006.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a>
</p><p>The firm designed the <a href="/facts/Yakovlev_Pchela/RY9c1bgC"><i>Pchela</i></a> (<a href="/facts/Russian_language/ETXrTgHV">Russian</a>: Пчела, "bee") <a href="/facts/Drone_aircraft/qt87T19t">drone reconnaissance aircraft</a> (first flown in 1990), but is perhaps best known for its highly successful line of World War II-era piston-engined fighter-aircraft.
</p><p>In August 2023, <a href="/facts/Irkut_Corporation/vzcbP45G">Irkut Corporation</a> rebranded itself as Yakovlev. The <a href="/facts/Sukhoi_Superjet_100/RMbFclVw">Sukhoi Superjet 100</a> was redesignated as the SJ-100, and the <a href="/facts/Irkut_MC-21/71aQ3VK7">Irkut MC-21</a> also adopted the Yakovlev name.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a>
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Sanctions
<p>The company was sanctioned by the Canadian government on 22 August 2023.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>
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<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Russia portal</li><li>Aviation portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_Soviet_Union_and_the_CIS/mVnbDNDb">List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_Yakovlev_aircraft/MX6xRqWv">List of Yakovlev aircraft</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/SOKOL_Aircraft_Building_Plant/QMywVeCg">SOKOL Aircraft Building Plant</a></li></ul>

<ul><li>A book by A.T.Stepanets. <i>Yak Fighters in WWII</i> <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 5-217-01192-0 (in Russian)</li>
<li>Степанец А.Т.- Истребители "Як" периода Великой Отечественной войны. Справочник. - М.: Машиностроение, 1992. - 224 с.: ил:</li></ul>
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yakovlev.

<ul><li><a href="http://www.yak.ru">Official website</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050303215036/http://www.yak-54.com/">Yakovlev Aircraft of U.S.</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>A.S.Yakovlev Design Bureau - General Data <a href="http://www.yak.ru/ENG/FIRM/today0.php" target="_blank">http://www.yak.ru/ENG/FIRM/today0.php</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>UAC - General information <a href="http://www.uacrussia.ru/en/investors/" target="_blank">http://www.uacrussia.ru/en/investors/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Home page. Yakovlev. Retrieved on 30 August 2011. "125315 Russia, Moscow, Leningradskiy prospect, 68" Address in Russian: "125315 Россия, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, 68" <a href="http://www.yak.ru/ENG/" target="_blank">http://www.yak.ru/ENG/</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Irkut Corporation Completes Yakovlev Design Bureau Acquisition Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. defense-aerospace.com, April 22, 2004. <a href="http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html" target="_blank">http://www.defense-aerospace.com/article-view/release/37645/russia%E2%80%99s-irkut-buys-yakovlev-bureau-%28apr.-23%29.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>"
Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger." The New York Times. February 22, 2006. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22air.html?_r=1&oref=login" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/22air.html?_r=1&oref=login</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Kaminski-Morrow, David (16 August 2023). "Yakovlev name formally approved as Irkut's new corporate identity". Flight Global. <a href="https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/yakovlev-name-formally-approved-as-irkuts-new-corporate-identity/154573.article" target="_blank">https://www.flightglobal.com/aerospace/yakovlev-name-formally-approved-as-irkuts-new-corporate-identity/154573.article</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Russian entities from the military-industrial, financial and nuclear sectors Country: Russia". 23 August 2023. <a href="https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng" target="_blank">https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/issues_development-enjeux_developpement/response_conflict-reponse_conflits/crisis-crises/ukraine-sanctions.aspx?lang=eng</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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