Kandalov A. Tupolev: The Man and His Aircraft

SAE International, 1996. — 246 p. — ISBN: 1-56091-899-3.A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft Yefim Gordon & Vladimir Rigmant The origins of the design bureau that was to bear his name can be traced back to the appointment of Andrey Nikolayevich Tupolev as head of the TsAGI's Aviation Department in 1918.