What is Tupolev?
[[Image:Tupolew Logo.png|right|200px]] '''Tupolev''', officially called '''Tupolev Joint Stock Company''', is a Russian [[Aerospace]] and [[Military]] equipment company known primarily for producing aircraft.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2024-01-11|title=О компании|url=https://tupolev.ru/about/|access-date=2024-03-04|archive-date=2024-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111071637/https://tupolev.ru/about/|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref> Tupolev began as the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] '''Tupolev Design Bureau''', founded in 1922 by [[Andrei Tupolev]]. The company has designed over 100 different types of aircraft, and built over 18,000 aircraft for countries in the former Soviet Union and [[Eastern Bloc]]. In 2006, Tupolev became part of the [[United Aircraft Corporation]] along with [[Mikoyan]], [[Ilyushin]], [[Irkut]], [[Sukhoi]], and [[Yakovlev]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kramer|first=Andrew E.|date=February 22, 2006|title=Russian Aircraft Industry Seeks Revival Through Merger|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/22/business/worldbusiness/russian-aircraft-industry-seeks-revival-through.html|access-date=February 5, 2024|website=New York Times}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Manufacturing companies of Russia]] {{europe-stub}}