The PJSC Beriev Aircraft Company (Russian: Таганрогский авиационный научно-технический комплекс им.

Pilots flying Beriev seaplanes have broken 228 world aviation records, which are registered and acknowledged by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

[citation needed] The traditional focus of the Beriyev Design Bureau has been the development of seaplanes for military and civilian use.

The Bureau was moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia in 1942 to avoid destruction in World War II, and returned to Taganrog in 1945.

[1] In November 1989, Beriev became the only defense industry enterprise to win the Prize for Quality awarded by the Soviet Government.