Russian use of Parachutes

I've heard that the Russians used them some, is this true? If so is there any stories or documentation? I know the Italians used them some but haven't heard of any other Allied use.

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Keith,

[leo]

Slightly off the mark, but Mother Russia(MATb POCCHYA) tells me that Russian paratroopers in WWII jumped sans parachutes into deep snow.

leo

Uncle Joe's first couple of Five Year plans must not have included luxuries such as chutes, eh Leo? Fabrics must have been in short supply, but snow apparently never was.

[rammjaeger]

Gleb Jewgenjewitsch Kotelikow (1872-1944) saw the lethal accident of a comrade 1910 during flight experiments in Petersburg. Since 1911 Kotelnikow was developing parachutes. The Russian military refused the use of the advanced parachute in the first time of WWI. Later the Russian balloon observer could use the chutes and finally also the Russian fliers did so but I was never seeing or reading a Russian, German or Austrian report about such an incident. But that means nothing I have meanwhile also proof for the existence of the German "basket parachute" for balloon observers despite I was not believing in this device at first.

After the model RK-1 (Russki, Konstruktzii Kotelnikowa - 1.Modell) K. was developing RK-2 and 3 and was awarded for his work with the "Red Star" in 1924.

[leo]

The Russians used an obsolete bomber, Tupolev TB-3 or ANT 6, as their delivery plane. It was an old corrugated four engine job with a top speed 0f 133-179 mph, depending on the model. Paratroopers left the fuselage and slid down the wing with or without parachutes.

I have seen old films showing Russian paratroopers lying on the wings of transport aircraft. They were there the entire time, from take off until they reached the DZ. They would then allow themslves to slide down and off the wing. I assume these were not static line jumps but I'm not sure. I imagine they were pretty cold and stiff by the time they landed.