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The Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky (Russian: Туполев АНТ-20 "Максим Горький", sometimes romanized as Maksim Gorki) was a Soviet eight-engine aircraft, the largest in the world during the 1930s.
The Maxim Gorky was capable of serving as a transport or passenger plane, a bomber, a military air command center, or a Soviet version of Air Force One. The main purpose of the ANT-20, however,...
Jan 6, 2022 · To show off the Soviet Union’s prowess to the rest of the world the ANT-20 Maxim Gorky was commissioned. A design heavily based on the heavy bomber ANT-16, the Maxim Gorky was a transport aircraft second and a propaganda machine first. Let us take a deeper dive into this absolute behemoth.
Jan 24, 2011 · "On May 18, 1935, the Maxim Gorky (pilots - I. V. Mikheyev and I. S. Zhurov) and three more planes (Tupolev ANT-14, R-5 and I-5) took off for a demonstration flight over Moscow.
Oct 1, 2014 · Meet the mighty flying propaganda machine of the 1930s: the Maxim Gorky. One of Russia’s most prestigious cemeteries is set just south of downtown Moscow, adjoining a convent built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Apr 16, 2021 · The Soviet 8-Eingine Colossus - Tupolev ANT-20 Maxim Gorky. In the years following World War 1, the nations involved in the conflict began developing more powerful aircraft to support ground ...
Aug 23, 2018 · The Gorky enjoyed its maiden flight on June 19, 1934, when it powered over Red Square and became the largest operating aircraft in world history. The Gorky became a roaring symbol of Soviet industrialization, known to Western journalists as ‘the propaganda plane’ and ‘Maximum Gawky.’
