Yefim Gordon (, born 1950 in Vilnius, Soviet Union) is a

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n-born aircraft photographer and author who specializes in Soviet aircraft and Russian aviation.

Biography

Gordon graduated in 1972 from the Polytechnic Institute

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as an engineer / electronic technician. Since 1973 he lives in

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, where he collected as a hobby photographs and books on the history of Soviet aviation. This collection became a large archive. Since the 1980s he is a professional aviation journalist and writer. He has authored and co-authored about 100 books on Soviet and Russian aviation in Russian, English, Polish and Czech, published articles in nearly 100 journals and photo reports. He also works as a photographer. The 2018 edition of

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All The World's Aircraft shows 50 of his photographs. Gordon is co-owner of the Moscow aviation publisher Polygon Press Ltd. His works are also distributed by Midland publishing (now Ian Allan Publishing), Hikoki Publications Japan and Crécy publishing ltd. As a co-author, he regularly collaborates with Dmitri and Sergei Komissarov.

Publications (selection)

*with Vladimir Rigman Tupolev Tu-144 Hinckley, Leicestershire Midland 2005 *with Vladimir Rigmant OKB Tupolev. A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft Hinckley, Leicestershire Midland 2005 *Tupolev

Tu-144 The Tupolev Tu-144 (; NATO reporting name: Charger) is a Soviet supersonic passenger airliner designed by Tupolev in operation from 1968 to 1999. The Tu-144 was the world's first commercial supersonic transport aircraft with its prototype's ma ...

Hinckley, Leicestershire Midland 2006 *RedStar Number 33

Antonov An-12 The Antonov An-12 ( Russian: Антонов Ан-12; NATO reporting name: Cub) is a four-engined turboprop transport aircraft designed in the Soviet Union. It is the military version of the Antonov An-10 and has many variants. For more than thr ...

: The Soviet Hercules with Dmitri Komissarov Hinckley Midland 2007 *with Sergei & Dmitry Komissarov U.S. Aircraft in the Soviet Union and Russia Midland Publishing 2009 *with Vladimir Rigmant OKB Tupolev Midland Publishing 2000 325-327 *Unflown Wings: Soviet / Russian Unrealized Aircraft Projects 1925–2010 with Sergei Komissarov Birmingham Ian Allan Publishing 2013 *with Sergei Komissarov OKB

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A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft Ian Allan Publishing * * ''Famous Russian Aircraft Series'' * Mikoyan MiG-31 (2020) * Sukhoi Su-25 ( 2020 ) * Mikoyan MiG-23 & MiG-27 (2019) * Mikoyan MiG-29 & MiG-35 (2019) * Sukhoi Su-27 & 30/33/34/35 (2019) * Tupolev Tu-95 & Tu-142 (2018) * Mikoyan MiG-19 (2017) * Mikoyan MiG-17 (2016) * Ilyushin IL-28 (2016) * Sukhoi Su-24 (2015) * Tupolev TU-22/TU-22M (2012) * Sukhoi Su-7 and Su17/20/22 Fighter Bomber Family (2012) * Mikoyan MiG-15 (2011) * Ilyushin Il-2/Il-10 (2010) * Mikoyan MiG-21 (2008) * Sukhoi Su-27 (2007) * Mikoyan MiG-29 (2007) ''Red Star Series'' * Sukhoi S-37 and Mikoyan MFI: Russian Fifth-Generation Fighter Technology, Red Star Volume 1, * Flankers: The New Generation, Red Star Volume 2, * Polikarpov's I-16 Fighter: Its Forerunners and Progeny, Red Star Volume 3, * Early Soviet Jet Fighters: The 1940s and Early 1950s, Red Star Volume 4, * Yakovlev's Piston-Engined Fighters, Red Star Volume 5, * Polikarpov's Biplane Fighters, Red Star Volume 6, * Tupolev Tu-4: Soviet Superfortress, Red Star Volume 7, * Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack: Russia's Answer to the B-1, Red Star Volume 9, * Lavochkin's Piston-Engined Fighters, Red Star Volume 10, * Myasischev M-4 and 3M: The First Soviet Strategic Jet Bomber, Red Star Volume 11, * Antonov's Turboprop Twins: An-24/An-26/An-30/An-32, Red Star Volume 12, * Mikoyan's Piston-Engined Fighters, Red Star Volume 13, * Mil Mi-8/Mi-17: Rotary-Wing Workhorse and Warhorse, Red Star Volume 14, * Antonov An-2: Annushka, Maid of all Work, Red Star Volume 15, * Sukhoi Interceptors: The Su-9/-11/-15 and other types, Red Star Volume 16, * Early Soviet Jet Bombers: The 1940s and Early 1950s, Red Star Volume 17, * Antonov's Heavy Transports: Big Lifters for War and Peace, Red Star Volume 18, * Soviet Heavy Interceptors, Red Star Volume 19, * Soviet/Russian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Red Star Volume 20, * Antonov's Jet Twins: The An-72/-74 Family, Red Star Volume 21, * Mil's Heavylift Helicopters: Mi-6/Mi-10/V-12/Mi-26, Red Star Volume 22, * Soviet/Russian AWACS Aircraft: Tu-126, A-50, An-71 and Ka-31, Red Star Volume 23, * Tupolev Tu-144: Russia's Concorde, Red Star Volume 24, * Ilyushin IL-12 and IL-14: Successors to the Li-2, Red Star Volume 25, * Russia's Military Aircraft in the 21st Century, Red Star Volume 26, * Lisunov Li-2: The Soviet DC-3, Red Star Volume 27, * Beriev's Jet Flying Boats, Red Star Volume 28, * Kamov -27/-32 Family, Red Star Volume 29, * Soviet Rocket Fighters, Red Star Volume 30, * Tupolev Tu-114: The First Soviet Intercontinental Airliner, Red Star Volume 31, * Lavochkin's Last Jets, Red Star Volume 32, * Antonov An-12: The Soviet Hercules, Red Star Volume 33, * Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat: Guardian of the Soviet Borders, Red Star Volume 34, ''Soviet Secret Projects Series'' * Soviet Secret Projects: Fighters Since 1946 v. 2 (2005) * Soviet Secret Projects: Bombers Since 1945 v. 1 (2004)

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