History of the enterprise goes back to 1922, when a Comission for Building of Metalic Airplanes was organised in TsAGI . The head of this Comission was Tupolev A.N., the head of TsAGI Department which later became an A/C Design Bureau as well as a production facility. This TsAGI Department, which had later different names, was developing and building of all-metal airplanes. In 1936 the Design Department and the experimental aircraft production facility were separated from TsAGI and became an Aviation facility № 156 of Narcomtyazhprom. In 1938-41 the territory of the facility was occupied by NKVD TsKB-29 where worked a lot of aviation specialists subjected to repression, including Tupolev himself. In July 1941 the enterprise was replaced to Omsk, and only in the middle of 1943 was again transferred to Moscow.

First Tupolev airplanes (1922-37) were named ANT.

ANT-1- one-seat aerobatic airplane, single article.

ANT-2 -the first all-metalic airplane of domestic design.

ANT-3 (P-3) - a two seat reconnaissance airplane of serial production. They made two long distance flights.

ANT-4 (TB-1) - the first in the world all-metalic two-engine heavy bomber-monoplane. TB-1 airplanes were involved in real combat in Manchzhuriya as well as in Finnish and Great Patriotic Wars.

ANT-5 (I-4) - one-seat all-metallic middle-plane fighter. It was installed at the TB-1 missile-carier wing (system "Link").

ANT-6 (TB-3) – the first all-metalic bomber-monoplane with four piston engines The airplane became the basis for the paratroop aviation, bombing and military-transport aviation.

ANT-7 (Р-6) - a multipurpose reconnaissance airplane, fighter, bomber, torpedocarier. It was the first Soviet airplane which flew on 05.05.1937 over the North Pole.

ANT-8 (MDR-2) - the first Soviet all-metalic hydroplane, marine long-range reconnaissance airplane.

ANT-9 (PS-9) - a nine-seat passenger airplane. It was called "Crocodile" the same as a humarist magazine.

ANT-10 (P-7) - a two-seat reconnaissance biplane.

ANT-13 (I-8) - a one-seat fighter-interceptor, which was the first in the USSR to gain the speed of 303 km per hour.

ANT-14 "Pravda (Truth)" - a 36-seat passenger airplane. It was destined for a upcoming Moscow-Vladivostock airline and was the largest passenger airplane of that time.

ANT-16 (TB-4) - a heavy bomber with six piston engines.

ANT-20 "Mixim Gorky" - the largest in the world as of that time helicopter. It was built at the money gethered by people for the 40th aniversary of literary activity of M.Gorky.

ANT-21 (MI-3) - a multipurpose fighter with two piston engines.

ANT-22 (MK-1) - an all-metallic hydroplane.

ANT-23 (I-12) - an all-metallic one-seat gun-fighter.

ANT-25 (RD) - an all-metalic monoplane built for beating the record of a long-range cruise flight. A lot of outstanding flights were performed at the ANT-25 airplanes.

ANT-27 (MRD-4) - a marine reconnaissance airplane.

ANT-29 (DIP) - a two-seat gun-fighter with two piston engines and fully smooth airfoil.

ANT-31 (I-14) - an all-metallic fighter monoplane, the first in the USSR with retracted landing gear.

ANT-35 (PS-35) - the irst speedy passenger airplane designed for Navy.

ANT-37 (DB-2) - a long distance bomber with two piston engines. It was crashed due to horizontal tail vibraition in the air during performing the tests. It was updated as the ANT-37bis "Rodina(Motherland)" and in 1938 it beat the record of women long distance flights.

ANT-40 (SB) - a mass speedy combat bomber. It had the speed close to fighters.

ANT-41 (T-1) - torpedocarier with two piston engines.

ANT-42 (TB-7, Pe-8) - a heavy bomber with four piston engines.

ANT-44 (MTB, "Seagull") - a marine heavy bomber.

ANT-51 "Ivanov" - one-enine reconnaissance monoplane.

The Tu-2 - a combat diving bomber was built in 1939-40 in a special NKVD Department. The airplane turned out to be one of the best combat bombers during the Second World War.

The Tu-4 (B-4) - a long-range heavy bomber with four piston engines (PE). The Tu-4 became the last bomber of series production with PE and by the middle of the 50th was the main airplane of strategy aviation.

The Tu-12 - the first Soviet jet bomber with two turbojet engines. It was created on the basis of series Tu-2.

The Tu-16 - the first Soviet series bomber with swept wing. It had a number of modifications like reconnainance airplane, fueltanker and misilecarier.

The Tu-22 - a jet supersonic bomber with two engines in the rear part of fuselage(1959).

The Tu-22M - a jet supersonic bomber with a variable sweep wing.

The Tu-28 (Tu-128) - long distance supersonic fighter-interceptor (1961).

The Tu-70 - the first in the USSR passenger airplane with a preassurised cabin.

The Tu-75 is a transport version of the Tu-70 (1950).

The Tu-80 - a long-range bomber with four piston engines. It was a derivation of the Tu-4 aimed at increase of flight distance.

The Tu-82 - a military bomber with two turbojet engines.

The Tu-85 - intercontinental bomber with four piston engines, the first Soviet airplane with weight of more than 100 tons.

The Tu-104 - the first Soviet jet passenger airplane. It was built on the basis of the Tu-16. It was put into series production in 1956 and essentially became the first in the world passenger jet, that was put into regular operation. It stopped operation in 1980.

The Tu-110 - a passenger jet with four turboprop engines (1957), was made on the basis of the Tu-104.

The Tu-114 - a passenger airplane with four turboprop engines, built on the basis of the Tu-95. Since the late 50th till 1967 the Tu-114 was the mainstay of Aeroflot for the flights of long distance. It stopped operation in 1976.

The Tu-116 - a passenger airplane with four turboprop engines for operation at superlong nonstop missions. It was created on the basis of the Tu-95 in 1965.

The Tu-124 - a short- distance passenger jet with two turbojet engines. For the first time in the USSR more effective and less noisy two by-pass turbojet engines were installed.

The Tu-126 - the first Soviet airplane equipped with a radiosystem of long distance detection. It was made on the basis of the Tu-114.

The Tu-144 - a supersonic passenger airplane with four turbojet engines (TJE). It was built as "tailless". In 1977-78 it was operated at the mission Moscow-Alma-Ata.

The Tu-155 - an airplane on which, for the first time in the world practice, the engine working on cryogen fuel (liquid hydrogen or liquid natural gas) was installed. It was built on the basis of the Tu-154 in 1988.

The Tu-160 - a supersonic strategic bomber with a variable sweep wing(1981).