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28.10.2011
October 28 marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the State Aircraft Plant № 1 (now the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "SRP" TsSKB-Progress) on the Volga land.
Founded in 1894, the Moscow workshop "Dux", which produced bicycles in the early twentieth century into a plant of airships and airplanes. In 1919, the "Dux" was renamed the State Aircraft Plant № 1. Until 1940 the plant mastered the production of 23 types of aircraft, and on models of aircraft can trace the history of the Russian aerospace industry.
By the early 1940s, plant number 1 to 10 mass-produced high-speed MiG-3 per day.
MiG-3
October 8, 1941, it was decided to evacuate the Moscow aviation industry. In a short time large industrial enterprises, including plant № 1, relocated to new sites. October 28, 1941 People's Commissar of Aviation Industry of the USSR Shakhurin AI signed the order to the beginning of the aviation plant № 1 in Kuibyshev.
On the new production facility came about 7000 employees of the plant. 14 days after the arrival of the last train with the equipment in unfinished workshops was assembled the first MiG-3.
In December 1941, the first Kuibyshev IL-2 flew into the sky. Was adjusted production Il-2 and IL-10, MiG-3, an average of 15 aircraft per day.
Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik
During the war, was collected 16 210 aircraft (11 863 Il-2, 1225 Il-10, 3000 MiG-3).
Ilyushin Il-10
For Valiant Labor during the Great Patriotic War in 1945, an aircraft factory number 1 was awarded the Red Banner. 370 of the best factory workers were awarded orders and medals of the Soviet Union.
From 1946 to 1958 by the number 1 produced jets MiG-9 MiG-15, MiG-17 and strategic bombers Tu-16.
MiG-9
MiG-15
MiG-17
Strategic Bombers Tu-16
In 1958 over 10 months was arranged production of intercontinental ballistic missiles, aircraft plant number 1 (with 1961 plant was renamed in "Progress"), fully redesigned for rocket and space themes.
Russian Rocket's Evolution
For more than half a century in the Samara Space Rocket Center "TsSKB-Progress" developed and produced reliable rocket and space technology: launch vehicles and spacecraft for the Federal Space Program and on projects with foreign partners. Missiles, made in "TsSKB-Progress", was launched into orbit on a working spacecraft in 1970, 980 of them are proprietary.
TsSKB-Progress' today
Original text in Russian: http://www.federalspace.ru/main.php?id=2&nid=18156
Images, Text, Credits: Roscosmos PAO / Press office of FSUE "SRP"TsSKB-Progress / Russian Air Force / Translation: Orbiter.ch.
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