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The
Yakovlev Yak-1 was a
World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Production began in early 1940. It was a single-seat monoplane with a composite structure and wooden wings.
The Yak-1 was manoeuvrable, fast and well armed, and, just as importantly, it was easy to maintain and reliable. It formed an excellent basis for subsequent developments from the Yakovlev bureau. It was the founder of a family of aircraft, with some 37,000 being built. As a reward, designer
Alexander Yakovlev was awarded the
Order of Lenin (
Russian: Орден Ленина,
Orden Lenina) - the highest
decoration bestowed by the
Soviet Union - a 100,000
ruble prize, plus a
Zis motor car.