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Who other than the Soviet Union ever did any sort of serious attempt?
There's been a handful of small passenger ones built in a number of countries, including some aircraft converted into ground effect planes. Germany has built a few, and Iran apparently uses them to some degree.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Lifter
And then there's this monster.