HISTORY

Mikoyan-and-Gurevich was formerly a Soviet design bureau founded by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as "Mikoyan and Gurevich".    It is a military aircraft design bureau, primarily designing fighter aircraft, and used the bureau prefix "MiG."  Its head office is in Begovoy District, Northern Administrative Okrug, Moscow

Upon Mikoyan's death in 1970, Gurevich's name was dropped from the name of the bureau, although the bureau prefix remained "MiG". The firm also operates several machine-building and design bureaus, including the Kamov helicopter plant.

MiG aircraft are a staple of the Soviet and Russian air forces, and the Soviet Union sold many of these planes within its sphere of influence. They have been used by the Chinese, North Korean, and North Vietnamese in aerial confrontations with American and allied forces, and form part of the air forces of many Arab nations. Recently had been reported that MiG jet fighters are being used by the Government forces of Syria against insurgents in civil neighborhoods in Aleppo

In 2006, the Russian government merged 100% of Mikoyan shares with Ilyushin, Irkut, Sukhoi, Tupolev, and Yakovlev as a new company named United Aircraft Corporation.  Specifically, Mikoyan and Sukhoi were placed within the same operating unit.

Source: Wikipedia