Title: MiG 1939-1989
Authors: R.A. Belyakov & J. Marmain
Publisher: Editions Larivière (Collection DOCAVIA n. 33 - 1991)
ISBN: 2-907051-00-8
Category: historical/technical
and the english language edition :
Title: MiG - Fifty Years of Secret Aircraft Design
Publisher: Naval Institute Press - 1994
ISBN: 1-55750-566-7

From the Foreword of the english language edition :
"Who would have thought that one of the most secret sanctuaries of world military affairs, the MiG design bureau, would open its doors and allow material from its archives to be published in the West?
It took the clear-sightedness of one of the most important figures in the Soviet aerospace industry, R.A. Belyakov, combined with the obstinacy - and patience - of a French journalist and expert on Soviet aviation, Jacques Marmain.
It took two years of negotiations to overcome the many difficulties raised by this project, especially the declassification of thousands of documents, figures, and photographs - a process complicated by the very poor state of the Soviet communication network."
From the Acknowledgements :
"..... All illustrations, with very few exceptions (and these are duly noted), come from the MiG OKB archives.
You will not find in this book any of those conditional sentences, unwarranted suppositions, and pure inventions usually found in books - including the newest - dealing with Soviet Aviation.
Each fact, each figure, and each picture have been checked and cross-checked by the authors and the MiG engineers ....."