Bylina about wings : Ilya Muromets by Igor Sikorsky - a turbulent flight through the twentieth century

Abstract

A study of the aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky, whose life and technical as well as theological work represent a remarkable example of the connection between technology, mythology, nationalism and religion. The text deals with Sikorský's work in the historical, worldview and technical context of his time.

Keywords

• Igor Sikorsky
• Ilya Muromets
• Jules Verne
• aviation
• technology
• first World War
• Russia
• Ukraine
• nationalism
• The Soviet Union
• communism
• ideology
• totalitarianism
• religion
• Christianity
• theology