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Sokol

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Aircraft manufacturer

Sokol Aircraft Plant (Russian: Авиастроительный завод «Сокол», romanized: Aviastroitelny zavod Sokol, lit. 'Sokol Aircraft-Building Plant') is a manufacturer of MiG fighters, based in Nizhny Novgorod. It was founded in 1932 and is also known as "Aviation Plant Nr. 21", named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze.2 It is part of Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1932Founded1
  • Industryaircraft construction, weapons industry1
  • HeadquartersNizhny Novgorod1
  • Founded inNizhny Novgorod1
  • Websitesokolplant.ru
  • Legal formopen joint-stock company1

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Sokol Aircraft Plant (Russian: Авиастроительный завод «Сокол», romanized: Aviastroitelny zavod Sokol, lit. 'Sokol Aircraft-Building Plant') is a manufacturer of MiG fighters, based in Nizhny Novgorod. It was founded in 1932 and is also known as "Aviation Plant Nr. 21", named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze. During 45 years of serial production the plant manufactured about 13,500 combat aircraft.2

Corporate structure

Sokol is part of a group headed by Rostec. 128 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

  • airplane

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List of aircraft currently in production

MiG-29UB (1984–present), MiG-29UBT

MiG-31

Yakovlev Yak-130 (development 1996, 2009–present)

Myasishchev M-101T Gzhel/Sokol

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Akkord-201 light twin aircraft

Sokol sea cutter

Volga-2 WIG aircraft

List of aircraft formerly in production

Polikarpov I-5 (1932-1934), I-16, (since 1934, 22 modifications)

Lavochkin LaGG-3, La-5, La-7, La-15 (1948-1949)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (1949-1952)

MiG-17 (1952-1954)

MiG-19 (1955-1957)

MiG-21 (1959-1985), MiG-21-93

MiG-25 (1969-1985)

MiG-31 (1979-1994), MiG-31BM

From Wikipedia’s article on Sokol Aircraft Plant, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 1932Founded Founded in Nizhny Novgorod1

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