Welcome to the story of the Tu-104, the Soviet Union’s first jet airliner, derived from a military bomber. Known for its unresponsive controls, terrifying stalls, and dangerous landing ...

and the Soviet Union were scrambling to field the first passenger jets. The British were the first to build a passenger jetliner, the de Havilland D.H.106 Comet, which was tested in 1949 and ...

The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, known in the West as Joe-1, on Aug. 29, 1949, at Semipalatinsk Test Site, in Kazakhstan. The Soviets called their first atomic test "First Lightning." ...