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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.
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.
In 1932 Russia commissioned a great passenger plane to honor her famous writer Maxim Gorky. This propaganda plane was to be named after Gorky. Russia's leading designer, Nikolaevich Tupolev, got the project.
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.
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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.
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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.’.
Despite its name, the Russian ANT-20 “Maxim Gorky” was designed by Andrei Tupolev. Construction began in 1933, with the first flight on May 19 th 1934. Until 1941, it held the record of the largest aircraft in the world. Its wingspan (63m) was wider than that of a classic Boeing 747 (59m).
