Aeronautical Research Institute

Siberian Aeronautical Research Institute named after S. A. Chaplygin is the largest research institute located in the eastern part of Russia. Here they assemble the An-2, the A-57, the Su-26 and the Su-27, and carry out fatigue tests of more then 200 types of aircrafts, including the supersonic Tu-144, the aerospace vehicle ‘Buran’, the Tu-204, and the Su-27