The Tu-114 was from the glory days of Soviet aviation, when they mass-produced severely compromised designs which sort of looked OK, but would never have left the drawing board of a Western designer. The Tu-114 deafened its passengers and its undercarriage was so long that it was out of reach of all the airstairs.
Its replacement, the Il-62, had problems with underpowered engines, which might explain why every other row of seats had been removed from the Aeroflot one I was on once. I think it must have been fun to fly though - here's one being landed on an 800m grass strip so it can become a museum exhibit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=68&v=3w_Qj2jwxi4&feature=emb_logoMore of the story here:
http://www.sovietauto.fr/2017/12/insolite-lady-agnes-ou-le-miracle-de-stolln.htmlEdit: here's a more complete film of the grass landing with some German text quotes from the pilot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Of55qSsnC8&t=145s With the help of Google translate I think this is what he said:
[For the recce] I wanted to drop 250m in front of the landing point so that I could see it better. The west side of the little hill behind the forest was marked by strong erosion, so the plane was not allowed to touch down there. The touchdown point had to be exact.
The braking force on the wheels was 9 tonnes. The sandy soil had never been subjected to this force. [I think the risk was that the undercarriage would dig in and snap.]
I came up with the idea of deploying the spoiler at the point of touchdown and holding the nose as high as possible to achieve great air resistance. [The spoiler is a type of airbrake on the wing] During the final approach, the inner engines were switched off and the reverse thrust of the outer two engines was activated at a height of 50m... a special feature of the Il-62.
Two people on the ground observed the wheels during braking, They said 'release' in their radio when an earth wall built up in front of the wheels. The pilot released the brakes immediately.
Then the internal engines were started again ... the Il-62 rolled on its own initiative over the hill at Gollenberg to the final position.