About the book: 2008 / He was a genius of domestic aviation. He created the world's first all-metal bomber. In the mid-1930s, no other country had an aircraft that could compare with its TB-3 "air battleships", and the giant ANT-20 "Maxim Gorky" shocked even the science fiction writers of that timeThe post-war projects of Andrei Nikolaevich Tupolev again shocked the world with the appearance of the Tu-95 strategic bomber, which could destroy any object on US territory. finally deprived the Americans of the illusion of impunity, and the famous Tu 160 and Tu-22MZ with nuclear weapons on board to this day guarantee the security of our country. This unique book is based on the memoirs of Sergei Mikhailovich Yeger, who since 1938 was Tupolev’s closest associate, who went through the imprisonment and Beria's Sharashka, and then worked for many years as his deputy, responsible for preliminary design. This book is the most detailed and frank story about the fate of the great aircraft designer, his brilliant projects and his legendary design bureau..