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The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, lit. 'dream' or 'inspiration'; NATO reporting name: Cossack) was a strategic airlift cargo aircraft designed and produced by the Antonov Design Bureau in the Soviet Union.
Antonov (d/b/a Antonov Company, [a] formerly the Aeronautical Scientific-Technical Complex named after Antonov or Antonov ASTC, [b] and earlier the Antonov Design Bureau, for its chief designer, Oleg Antonov) is a Ukrainian aircraft manufacturing and services company.
Antonov An-12BP at China Aviation Museum, Beijing. Developed from the Antonov An-8, the An-12 was a military version of the An-10 passenger transport.The first prototype An-12 flew in December 1957 and entered Soviet military service in 1959.
The Antonov An-2 (USAF/DoD reporting name Type 22, [3] NATO reporting name Colt [4]) is a Soviet mass-produced single-engine biplane utility/agricultural aircraft designed and manufactured by the Antonov Design Bureau beginning in 1947. [1]
Antonov Airlines is a Ukrainian cargo airline, a division of the Antonov aviation company.It operates international charter services in the oversized-cargo market. Its main base is Hostomel Airport near Kyiv.
There were 27 people on board; 25 were killed immediately and one died in hospital; the sole survivor was seriously injured. [183] [184] 13 March 2021: A Kazakh Border Guards An-26 crashed short of the runway while attempting to land at Almaty Airport killing four of the six occupants on board. [185]
The Ilyushin Il-76 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12.
The Tambov Rebellion of 1920–1922 was one of the largest and best-organized peasant rebellions challenging the Bolshevik government during the Russian Civil War. [12] The uprising took place in the territories of the modern Tambov Oblast and part of the Voronezh Oblast, less than 500 kilometres (300 mi) southeast of Moscow.