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Lisunov

State Aircraft Plant No. 84 (GAZ-84) · PS-84

A Cossack officer’s son spent two and a half years inside the Douglas factory in California and came home to build almost 5,000 Soviet DC-3s, armed with gun turrets and bomb racks.

1938מְבוּסָס
Defunct 1954סטָטוּס
2מטוסים רשומים
2כוחות אוויר המטיסים את סוגיה
צילום: ג'וליאן הרצוג (אתר) / ויקימדיה קומונס (CC BY 4.0)
מְדִינָהברית המועצותמְבוּסָס1938מייסדיםBoris LisunovמַטֶהKhimki, Moscow; Tashkent from 1941סטָטוּסDefunct 1954
הסיפור

Lisunov: the company and the aircraft that made its name

A Soviet engineer in Santa Monica

In November 1936 Boris Lisunov, chief engineer of a Kharkov aircraft plant and a friend of Sergei Ilyushin from their student days, arrived at the Douglas works in Santa Monica. The Soviet Union had bought a licence for the DC-3 that July, and for two and a half years Lisunov documented every part, every tool and the after-sales support. In January 1938 he became technical director of Plant No. 84 at Khimki, and after his boss Vladimir Myasishchev was arrested the programme became his.

1,293 changes

Converting the drawings to metric took 1,293 engineering change orders. Skins were slightly heavier, the passenger door moved to the right, and the engines were Shvetsov ASh-62s, a Soviet development of the Wright Cyclone. The PS-84 began leaving the line in 1939, and 237 had been built when Germany invaded in June 1941. Lisunov evacuated the factory to Tashkent, where it was building aircraft again by January 1942.

The DC-3 that dropped bombs

In war service the PS-84 became the Li-2, and unlike the American C-47 it fought: military versions had a dorsal gun turret and could carry bombs, and served as night bombers, partisan supply and ambulance aircraft. In all 4,937 were built between 1940 and 1954, at Tashkent, Kazan and Komsomolsk-on-Amur. Lisunov died of a heart attack in 1946, shortly after receiving the Order of Lenin. One airworthy Li-2 still flies in Hungary.

A Cossack officer’s son spent two and a half years inside the Douglas factory in California and came home to build almost 5,000 Soviet DC-3s, armed with gun turrets and bomb racks.Lisunov · verified 2026-10-03

במבט חטוף

Lisunov in numbers

החברה

בקיצור
Design work from 1936

  • Licence for the DC-3 granted 15 July 1936
  • Lisunov technical director of Plant No. 84, Khimki, from 1938
  • Plant evacuated to Tashkent, 1941
  • Boris Lisunov died 1946

הֲפָקָה

ידוע בעיקר בזכות
ליסונוב לי-2

  • 4,937 Li-2s built, 1940–1954
  • Built at Khimki, Tashkent, Kazan and Komsomolsk-on-Amur
  • Airliner, transport, bomber, reconnaissance and survey versions

הַיוֹם

עַכשָׁיו
נִפטָר

  • One airworthy Li-2, HA-LIX, flies in Hungary
  • Tashkent works became the Tashkent Aviation Production Association

המספרים

Li-2 built
4,9371940–1954
Engineering change orders to the Douglas drawings
1,293
PS-84s built before June 1941
237

המטוס

Every notable Lisunov aircraft

כְּלִי טַיִס תַפְקִיד טיסה ראשונה בנוי סטָטוּס פֶּתֶק
Lisunov PS-84 / Li-2 Airliner and military transport (licence DC-3) 1939 4,937 בְּדִימוּס Military versions with dorsal turret and bomb racks; NATO name Cab
Li-2T (Komsomolsk) תַחְבּוּרָה 353 בְּדִימוּס Built at GAZ-126 before it switched to MiG-15s

מי מטיס אותם

Lisunov aircraft in the world’s air forces

2 air forces in the Order of Battle fly or flew Lisunov types. ל-0 מהם עדיין יש אחד בשירות.

חֵיל הַאֲוִיר בשירות טס בעבר
חיל האוויר האלבני ליסונוב לי-2
חיל האוויר של צבא השחרור העממי של לאוס ליסונוב לי-2

מקומות, אנשים, רשומות

Where Lisunov built, who led it, what it achieved

מפעלים

  • State Aircraft Plant No. 84 · Khimki, Moscow — Original PS-84 line until the 1941 evacuation
  • Tashkent (GAZ-33/GAZ-84) · Tashkent, Uzbek SSR — Main wartime and post-war Li-2 plant
  • GAZ-126 · Komsomolsk-on-Amur — 353 Li-2Ts, 1946–1950

אֲנָשִׁים

  • Boris Lisunov · engineer, programme head — 1898–1946; Order of Lenin for the Li-2
  • Vladimir Myasishchev · engineer — Led metrication of the drawings before his arrest

ציר זמן

Lisunov, year by year

1936

Soviet government receives DC-3 production licence

1936

Lisunov arrives at Douglas, Santa Monica

1938

Lisunov made technical director of Plant No. 84

1939

First PS-84s leave the Khimki line

1941

Plant evacuated to Tashkent

1942

Military PS-84s redesignated Li-2

1946

Death of Boris Lisunov

1954

Li-2 production ends

2001

Restored Li-2 HA-LIX returns to flight in Hungary



שאלות ותשובות

Everything people ask about Lisunov

What is the Lisunov Li-2?
A licence-built Soviet version of the Douglas DC-3, originally called the PS-84. 4,937 were built between 1940 and 1954.
How is the Li-2 different from the DC-3?
It was redrawn in metric units with 1,293 changes, used Shvetsov ASh-62 engines, had the passenger door on the right, and military versions carried a gun turret and bombs.
Who was Boris Lisunov?
A Soviet engineer (1898–1946) who studied DC-3 production at Douglas from 1936 to 1939 and led the Soviet programme.
Does any Li-2 still fly?
Yes. HA-LIX, built in Tashkent in 1949, was restored in 2001 and flies in Hungary.



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אומת בתאריך 2026-10-03.