Fifty years of Soviet aircraft construction [by] A. S. Yakovlev. Translated from Russian [by E. Vilim]

The Smithsonian catalogs Fifty years of Soviet aircraft construction [by] A. S. Yakovlev. Translated from Russian [by E. Vilim] as books in its Aeroplane industry and trade--History records.

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Translation of Piatʹdesiat let sovetskogo samoletostroeniia (romanized form)

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The Smithsonian lists the object under Aeroplane industry and trade--History and dates it 1970.

Translation of Piatʹdesiat let sovetskogo samoletostroeniia (romanized form)

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Smithsonian InstitutionFifty years of Soviet aircraft construction [by] A. S. Yakovlev. Translated from Russian [by E. Vilim]

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