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The old Soviet days - plus those of grainy colour negative film. The SW Borovitskaya Tower Gate. At right the Armoury Palace, housing an incredible collection of lovingly preserved artefacts dating back to the founders of Russia. It’s a cold early morning and a long queue of citizens already snakes back from the Armoury entrance.
Дедицатед то т вондерфул Кримсо!
I have no idea if this translation is correct but it should say "Dedicated to the wonderful Crimso!" I wanted to finish off FebROVERy with a monotonal rover in the Crimso style. Thanks for all your inspiration my friend!
UAZ-452 - popular in USSR and other socialist countries offroad minivan, that has been produced since 1965.
Because of the external similarities to a loaf of bread, the van became known as Буханка (bukhanka, loaf) in Russian.
UAZ-452 is easy to repair and use, it has a reliable construction. All these together with off-road capabilities made this car eslecially popular in the Russian province.
In December 2020 Russian Railways began service of a new type of tourist train - the classic Soviet 'elektrichka' (EMU) restored to operation as a ski train.
This design dates to the 1950's (with this particular set being built in 1972) and was in regular service in Saint Petersburg until late 2020 (although in the modern Russian Railways scheme). Being the last of its kind in operation, RZD decided to give it a second life by repainting it into its classic Soviet green paint, restoring the original wooden seating, and running it as a 'retro ski train' to Yakhroma, a small ski resort town an hour outside of Moscow.
A friend and I were at Bunker Bash 2009, the annual military rally at the former Government bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood in Essex. We had been undecided about going so arrived late and not in the best of weather.
We found an enthusiatic bunch of re-enactors and military vehicles owners covering both World Wars. One part of the site had been laid out as mock entrenchments with various national groups including British, US, German, Soviet and even Serbian forces dug-in.
Now part of a large set: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157618288704499/
Old Soviet pocket watch. Would appreciate translations of what's on the face and any information about it.
My first focus stacked macro shot.
All of my Soviet weapons not currently belonging to figures. For some reason I make all of these and then they sit in a bin and don't get used.
I suppose if my soviets ever go to war, finding weapons wont be a problem.
so, which is your favourite?
Preview of my upcoming figure, a soviet foot soldier, the camo was made using Jon's digital camo carving technique, however its been a couple of months since I last touched my paints and my first time doing the carving technique, hence it isn't really as detailed as I wanted it to be, might redo it sometime in the future.
All that's left to do for him is to carve his boots, vest and hat.
Tagging for some constructive comments ;)
Soviet troops keep the sepia flag flying over Mother Essex.
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A friend and I were at Bunker Bash 2009, the annual military rally at the former Government bunker at Kelvedon Hatch, near Brentwood in Essex. We had been undecided about going so arrived late and not in the best of weather.
We found an enthusiatic bunch of re-enactors and military vehicles owners covering both World Wars. One part of the site had been laid out as mock entrenchments with various national groups including British, US, German, Soviet and even Serbian forces dug-in.
Now part of a large set: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157618288704499/
Grutas Park is the repository of old Soviet era statues and artifacts that were removed from public places at the end of Soviet Occupation.
Grūto Parkas
Druskininkai
Lietuva 2009
Skrunda-1 is a ghost town and former Soviet closed city in Latvia. It was the site of two Dnepr radar (NATO designation Hen House) installations constructed in the 1960s. Skrunda was strategically important to the Soviet Union as its radars covered Western Europe.
Report and full photo gallery on my website:
www.obsidianurbexphotography.com/leisure/soviet-theatre-b...
1944 Polikarpov PO2 G-BSSY Soviet Union
This type of Aircraft would have served on the Eastern Front during WWII
Photo taken at Shuttleworth Old Warden Aerodrome Biggleswade Bedfordshire UK Drive in Air show 4th July 2021
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Operation Barbarossa started on June 22nd, 1941, with the Germans rapidly invading the Soviet Union and decimating Soviet forces in virtually every battle. Hitler's plan was to conquer Eastern Europe for future German colonization called "Lebensraum". Ukraine was especially desired since at the time it was the breadbasket of Europe. When the Germans were conquering the Soviet Union, the Ukrainians and other peoples welcomed them as heroes because of the fact they "freed" them from communist oppression. The Holodomor was fresh in the average Ukrainians memory which was an artificial famine that killed millions and they were still resentful towards Stalin.
Two groups that wanted to take advantage of this moment was the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) which was into Italian fascism, was led by Andriy Melnik and the younger more violent OUN-B, was National Socialist which was led by Stepan Bandera. They originally existed because they were angry that Poland was "occupying" the province of Galicia which is claimed by both Poles and Ukrainians (even to this day).
However, the Ukrainians would learn that the Nazis were replacing one form of oppression with another. Hitler hated Slavic peoples and wanted them enslaved, "transferred" (possibly to Siberia) or at worst exterminated. When the OUN declared an independent Ukrainian state, that was shut down as quickly as possible. The Nazis committed atrocities against the Ukrainians which soon led to the growth of more partisan groups and led to some joining the Soviet army by the time they started "liberating" it from the Nazis.
In a last ditch effort, the Nazis freed imprisoned Ukrainian nationalist leader, Stepan Bandera to inspire the Ukrainians but that ultimately failed. Even during his imprisonment all the OUN-B did was mass murder Poles in the provinces of Galicia and Volhynia. Today he's seen as a controversial figure as he is popular in Western Ukraine which is full of Catholic Ukrainians and hated in Eastern Ukraine which is full of Orthodox Russians.