Title: History of aircraft designs in the USSR 1951-1965 Publisher: Mashinostroenie Year of publication: 2002 Description: The book offered to the attention of readers is a continuation of the two-volume reference book of the famous Soviet aircraft designer and historian of domestic aviation Vadim Borisovich Shavrov. To create this book, the publishing house hired a large team of highly qualified specialists - as a rule, employees of those design teams described in the reference book. It presents the history of creation, main characteristics and design features of domestic aircraft created in the period from 1951 to 1965, aircraft engines and weapons. Materials from state archives and OKB archives were used.