"The aircraft was introduced into passenger service on 1 November 1977, almost two years after Concorde, because of budget restrictions."
Yes, they've managed to "overcame bourgeous West" with Tu-144, but because design and production was rushed - they got Paris air show crash, postponed operational services and generally bad design, forcing earlier retirement for Tu-144.
> excerpts from the magazine "Trud" from 13 June 1941
Those excerpts miraculously appeared only in 2013, when another wave of Russian nationalism sweeped over.
Consider me suspicious.
> Soviet scientists did a lot contributions to the scientific community, including in such areas like chemistry, cybernetics, neurophysiology, psychology among others, just like any other big country in the world.
No. Other big countries made _actual_ inventions (US, UK, France, Germany).
"The aircraft was introduced into passenger service on 1 November 1977, almost two years after Concorde, because of budget restrictions."
Yes, they've managed to "overcame bourgeous West" with Tu-144, but because design and production was rushed - they got Paris air show crash, postponed operational services and generally bad design, forcing earlier retirement for Tu-144.