Systems for the designation of military aircraft
Pre-revolutionary Russia Imperial (until 1917) did not have a single national unified system, but instead relied on aircraft backed by manufacturers like Sikorsky Ilya Muromets or Anetra Anasal.
The pre-war Soviet power
Soviet power, used from shortly after the revolution in 1923 and, until gradually replaced after 1940, was divided into function with numbers assigned to the government's order. common as there were multiple values for individual emails. Designers and manufacturers also had their own internal designations, which could be confused for official government designations. For example, Tupolev's projects used MURAVYa pointer for A.N. Tupolev, and Yakovlev's projects used Air for A.I. Rykov, the communist leader to whom he reported. Not all designations were raised, some numbers were assigned to projects that were subsequently canceled, often at a very early stage of development.
| (A) | Avtozhir (autogyro) |
| A-4 | TsAGI |
| A-7 | Kamov |
| ARK | ARKtichyeskii (Arctic- Arctic Aircraft Research) |
| ARK3 | Chietverikov |
| ARK 5 | Polycarp R-5 |
| B (B) | Bombardirovshchik (bomber) (Universal designation - not used for specific types) |
| BI (BI) | Blitzniy Istrebitel (short fighter/close-range fighter) |
| BI 1 | Bereznyak-Isaev |
| BB (BB) | Blizhniy Bombardirovshchik (short-range bomber) |
| BB-1 | Sukhoi Su-2 |
| BB-2 | Grushin |
| BB-22 | Yak Yakovleva 2 |
| BB-22bis | Yak Yakovleva 4 |
| BSh (BS) | Bronirovannyi Shturmovik (Armored Aircraft Attacks) |
| BSh-1 | Vultee V-11 |
| BSh-2 | Ilyushin Il-2 |
| DI (DI) | Dvukhmestnyi Istrebitel (two-seater fighter) |
| DI-1 | Polycarp |
| DI-2 | Polycarp |
| DI-3 | Grigorovitch |
| DI-4 | Laville |
| DI-6 | Kochyerigin/TsKB-11 |
| DI-8 | Tupolev ANT-46/Tupolev SB |
| DIP (DIP) | Dvukhmotorny Istrebitel Pushechny (double engine gun fighter) |
| DIP | ANT Tupolev 29 |
| DB | Dalniy Bombardirovshchik (long-range bomber) |
| DB 1 | ANT Tupolev 25 |
| DB 2 | ANT Tupolev 37 |
| DB 3 | Ilyushin TsKB-30, re-defined By Il-4 |
| DB 4 | Ilyushin TsKB-56 (prototype only) |
| DB 240 | Yermolayev, re-appointed 2 |
| DB-A | Bolkhovitinov |
| FB (FB) | Frontovoy Bombardirovshchik (border bomber) |
| FB | Tupolev Tu-2 |
| G (A) | Gruzovoi (cargo, usually remade heavy bomber) |
| G-1 | Tupolev TB 1 as transport |
| G-2 | Tupolev TB 3 as transport |
| GST (GST) | Gydro Samolyot Transportnyj (cargo seaplane) |
| GST | United Catalina PBY |
| I (I) | Istrebitel (Destroyer / FIGHTER [lit = Wrestler) |
| I-J | Grigorovitch |
| I-1 | Polycarp |
| I-1 | Grigorovitch (double designation) |
| I-2 | Grigorovitch |
| I-3 | Polycarp |
| I-4 | ANT Tupoleva 5 |
| I-5 | Polykarpov. Initially Tupolev I-5/ANT-12, later Polycarp I-6 re-defined I-5. |
| I-6 | Polykarpov. Renamed to I-5 after winning the competition with Tupolev. |
| I-7 | Heinkel HD 37 (licensed built German aircraft) |
| I-8 | ANT Tupolev 13 |
| I-9 | Grigorovitch |
| I-10 | Grigorovitch |
| I-11 | Polycarp |
| I-12 | ANT Tupoleva 23 |
| I-13 | Polycarp |
| I-14 | ANT Tupoleva 31 |
| I-15 | I-15bis/I-153-Policarp TsKB-3 |
| I-16 | Polikarpov TsKB-12/18/29 |
| I-17 | Polikarpov TsKB-15/19/25/33 |
| I-18 | Polikarpov TsKB-43 (unbuilt) |
| I-21 | Ilyushin |
| I-21 | Pashinin |
| I-22 | Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-1 |
| I-26 | Yak Yakovleva 1. '26' from Yakovlev's FREE serial designations. |
| I-28 | Yatsenko |
| I-29 | Yak Yakovleva 2 |
| I-30 | Yak Yakovleva 3 (prototype only) |
| I-180 | Polykarpov (not related to I-18) |
| I-185 | Polykarpov |
| I-200 or I-61 | Polycarp and later MiG 1) |
| I-301 | Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 |
| IP ( PI) | Istrebitel Pushetchnii (gun fighter) |
| IP 1 | Grigorovitch |
| IP 4 | Grigorovitch |
| IP 21 | Pashinin |
| (IS) | Istrebitel Skladnoi (clotting fighter) |
| 1 and 2 | Nikitin |
| K (K) | (ship) Korablennyi (Universal designation - not used for specific types) |
| KR (KR) | Korabelnii Razvedchik (ship reconnaissance) |
| KR-1 | Heinkel HD 55 |
| KR-2 | Beriev Be-2/KOR-1 |
| KR (KR) | KReiser (cruiser q heavy long-range fighter) |
| KR-6 | Tupolev ANT-7/R-6 on swimming |
| KOR (KOR) | Korabelnii O Razvedchik (ship reconnaissance catapult) |
| KOR-1 | Beryev Be 2 |
| KOR-2 | Beryev Be 4 |
| KOR-3 | Beryev Be 5, Not Built |
| M (M) | Morskoi (Marine - seaplane) (Universal designation - not used for specific types) |
| MBR | Morskoi Blizhnii Razvedchik (short-range exploration hydroplane) |
| MBR-1 | Project Bartini |
| MBR-2 | MP Berieva 1 |
| MBR-4 | See 62bis Savoy-Marchetti |
| MBR-5 | Samsonov |
| MBR-7 | Beryev MS 8 |
| MDR | Morskoi Dalnii Razvedchik (long-range exploration hydroplane) |
| MDR-1 | Grigorovitch ROM 2 |
| MDR-2 | ANT Tupolev 8 |
| MDR-3 | Chiytverikov TsKB-11 |
| MDR-4 | ANT Tupolev 27, later MTB-1 |
| MDR-5 | Beryev MS 5 |
| MDR-6 | Chietverikov Che-2 |
| MDR-7 | Shavrov |
| MI (MI) | Mnogomestnii Istrebitel (multi-life fighter) |
| MI 3 | ANT Tupoleva 21 |
| (MP) | Morskoi Passazhirskiy (passenger seaplane) |
| MP 1 | Beriev MBR-2 |
| MP 2 | Ryatkov Chiattverikova 3 |
| MR (MR) | Morskoi Razvedchik (hydroplane exploration) |
| MRN 1 | Polycarp R-1 on swimming |
| MR 2 | Grigorovitch |
| MR N 3 | OMOS |
| MR 3 | Grigorovitch |
| MRN 5 | Polycarp R-5 on swimming |
| MR 6 | Tupolev |
| MTB (MTB) | Morskoi Torpedonosyets Bombardirovshchik (naval torpedo bomber) |
| MTB-1 | ANT Tupoleva 27 |
| MTB-2 | ANT Tupoleva 44 |
| MU (MU) | Morskoi Uchebny (hydroplane coach) |
| MU-1 | Avro 504 |
| MU-2 | Polycarp U-2M |
| MU-3 | Moskalev |
| MU-4 | Nikitin |
| PS (PS) | Passazhirskii Samolyot (passenger plane or airliner) |
| PS 3 | Tupolev R-3 |
| PS 4 | Junkers W 33 |
| PS 5 | Nyeman/Harkov R-10 |
| PS 7 | ANT Tupolev 7 |
| PS 9 | ANT Tupolev 9 |
| PS 30 | Martin 156 |
| PS 35 | ANT Tupolev 35 |
| PS 40 | SB Tupolev |
| PS 41 | SB Tupolev |
| PS 43 | Vultee V-11 |
| PS 84 | Li-2/Douglas DC-3 Li-2/Douglas |
| PS 89 | COOL TURN Laville 1 |
| PS 124 | ANT Tupolev 20 |
| R (R) | Razvedchik (intelligence) |
| R-J | Polycarp |
| R-1 | Polycarp |
| R-2 | Polycarp |
| R-3 | ANT Tupolev 3 |
| R-4 | Tupolev (prototype only) |
| R-5 | Polycarp |
| R-6 | ANT Tupolev 7 |
| R-7 | ANT Tupolev 10 (prototype only) |
| R-9 | Kochyerigin R-9/SR-9 |
| R-10 | Neman/KhAI |
| R-12 | Yakovlev (prototype only) |
| RD (RD) | Rekord Dalnost - (long distance record-making aircraft) |
| RD | ANT Tupoleva 25 |
| ROM (ROM) | Razvedchik Otkrytogo Morya (Open Sea Intelligence) |
| ROM 1 | Grigorovitch |
| ROM 2 | Grigorovitch |
| SB (SB) | Skorostnoi Bombardirovshchik (high-speed bomber) |
| SB | ANT Tupolev 40 |
| ShB (SB) | Shturmovoi Bombardirovshchik (bomber-stormtrooper) |
| ShB | Sukhoi Su-2 |
| SPB (SPB) | Skorostnoi Pikiruyuschii Bombardirovshchik (high-speed dive bomber) |
| SPB | Polycarp version I-16, used with the project zveno |
| SPL | Samolyet dlya Podvodnikh Lodok (submarine aircraft) |
| SPL | Chietverikov |
| SS | Stratosfernii Samolyot (stratospheric aircraft) |
| SS | Chizhevsky BOK-1 |
| T (T) | Torpedonosets (Torpedo Bomber) |
| T-1 | ANT Tupoleva 41 |
| TB (TB) | Tiazholyi Bombardirovshchik (heavy bomber) |
| TB 1 | ANT Tupolev 4 |
| TB 2 | Polycarp (prototype only) |
| TB 3 | ANT Tupolev 6 |
| TB 4 | ANT Tupolev 16 |
| TB 5 | Grigorovitch |
| TB 6 | ANT Tupoleva 26 |
| TB 7 | ANT Tupolev 42 (redefined Pe-8) |
| TSh (TSh) | Tiazholyi Shturmovik (heavy aircraft attack) |
| TSh-1 | Grigorovitch (changed Polikarpov R-5) |
| TSh-2 | Grigorovitch (changed Polikarpov R-5) |
| TSh-3 | Kocherigin TsKB-4 |
| U (U) | Uchebny (coach) |
| U-1 | Avro 504 |
| U-2 | Polycarp U-2/Po-2 |
| U-3 | Michelson |
| U-4 | Michelson |
| U-5 | Nikitin NV-5 |
| UPB | Uchyebno Perekhodnoi Bombardirovshchik (training transition bomber) |
| UPB | Kazan KAI-3 |
| UT (UT) | Uchebno-Trenirivochnyi (advanced coach) |
| UT 1 | UT Yakovlev 1 |
| UT 2 | UT Yakovlev 2 |
| UT 3 | UT Yakovlev 3 |
| UTI (UTI) | Uchebno-Trenirivochnyi Istrebitel (advanced fighter trainer) |
| UTI-1 | Polikarpov I-15 as a fighter trainer |
| UTI-2 | Polikarpov I-16 as a fighter's coach |
| UTI-4 | Polikarpov trainer fighter I-16UTI |
| UTI-5 | Nikitin NV-2 |
| UTI-6 | Nikitin NV-4 |
| UTI-26 | Yakovlev Yak-1/Yak-7 |
| VIT (VIT) | Air Tank Fighter (Air Receiver Destroyer) |
| VIT-1 | Polycarp |
| VIT-2 | Polykarpov |
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