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A children's soviet magazine called "Misha". A friend's father gave it to me. It contains tales, stories, weird informations, puzzles and other games.
Una revista sovietica infantil llamada "Misha". Me la regalo' el padre de una amiga. Esta trae cuentos, historias, datos curiosos, rompecabezas y otros juegos
The Soviet cemetery and monument in Seefeld, on the road from Bad Freienwalde to Berlin, is situated quite close to the main road. It has a rather unusual but appealing shape.
Советский памятник в с. Зеефельде, Германия. Похороненные солдаты и другие советские лица (выбор):
Бабаев С. В. († 23.04.1945), сержант
Бунько Т. Е., рядовой
Власов Т. С. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Воронин А. Н. († 24.04.1945), сержант
Гендельман М. А. († 23.04.1945)
Герасименко И. Л. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Голышев П. Н. († 05.05.1945), капитан
Гридасов М. Ф. († 21.04.1945), младщий сержант
Дерелянко И. П. († 24.04.1945), старший сержант
Ефремов П. И. († 24.04.1945), капитан
Зубрицкий Георгий Федорович (1927 - 22.04.1945), гвардии младщий лейтенант
Колоколов И. А († 20.04.1945), младщий лейтенант
Концеба К. Т. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Костышев И. З. († 23.04.1945), сержант
Ланкин Б. И. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Лисогор А. Г. († 24.04.1945), сержант
Махов Д. В. († 03.05.1945), младщий лейтенант
Медведев П. С. († 20.04.1945), рядовой
Мельников С. А. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Монахов Р. И. († 24.04.1945), майор
Мищенко И. С. († 22.04.1945), сержант
Мыцыков Е. И. († 03.05.1945), рядовой
Никитенко В. И. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Никофоров П. Ф. († 21.04.1945), рядовой
Оракин († 23.04.1945), гвардии сержант
Очковский С. К. († 23.04.1945), рядовой
Павлов В. И. († 24.04.1945), лейтенант
Пащук Н. И. († 30.04.1945), рядовой
Радов И. Я. († 23.04.1945), сержант
Раскольников И. М. († 24.04.1945), гвардии лейтенант
Садков И. И. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Середич Н. В. († 02.05.1945), рядовой
Таранов А. И. († 18.05.1945), младщий лейтенант
Трунин Ф. Т. († 24.04.1945), старший лейтенант
Ушков В. Е. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Федюшкин И. Т. († 01.01.1946), лейтенант
Хамитов Г. Ф. († 23.04.1945), рядовой
Чернобородов Л. Я. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Чикулин Ф. П. († 28.04.1945), лейтенант
Шарков Н. С. († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Ширинов († 24.04.1945), рядовой
Югин К. Д. (24.04.1945), лейтенант
Юдин И. Т. († 24.04.1945), лейтенант
Якимов Г. И. († 17.05.1945), сержант
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It's here: www.etsy.com/listing/76773290/vintage-soviet-poster-worke...
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the Russian: Союз Советских Социалистических Республик?·i, tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union,[1] from Советский Союз, Sovetskiy Soyuz. A soviet is a council, the theoretical basis for the socialist society of the USSR.
Emerging from the Russian Empire following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War of 1918–1921, the USSR was a union of several Soviet republics, but the synecdoche Russia — after the Russian SFSR, its largest and most populous constituent state — continued to be commonly used throughout the country's existence. The geographic boundaries of the USSR varied with time, but after the last major territorial annexations of the Baltic states, eastern Poland, Bessarabia, and certain other territories during World War II, from 1945 until dissolution, the boundaries approximately corresponded to those of late Imperial Russia, with the notable exclusions of Poland and most of Finland. As the largest and oldest constitutionally communist state in existence, the Soviet Union became the primary model for future communist nations during the Cold War; the government and the political organization of the country were defined by the only political party, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
In 1969, the Soviet Union learned of the United States’ TFX program, what would become the F-15 Eagle. This aircraft threatened to be far beyond anything the Soviets had in their inventory or planned at the time. To counter the F-15, the Sukhoi design bureau was to begin work on a long-range heavy air superiority fighter. The so-called Advanced Frontline Fighter concept was too ambitious, and so the program was split up into two designs: the long-range air superiority fighter, and the short-range battlefield air superiority fighter. Mikoyan-Gurevich, with its experience in designing light point-defense fighters like the MiG-21, was assigned this second fighter, known as the Advanced Lightweight Fighter. The latter was also meant to counter the American light fighters known to be in the design stage, the F-16 Fighting Falcon and YF-17 Cobra. The Mikoyan-Gurevich design was designated MiG-29 in 1974.
Since both it and the Advanced Frontline Fighter (which would become the Su-27) had a common origin, the designs were broadly similar, though the MiG-29 was a good deal smaller than the Sukhoi design. Both would have blended fuselages, leading-edge wing extensions for better manueverability, twin tails, and twin engines for better survivalbility—drawing on the same lessons of the Vietnam and Arab-Israeli Wars as the Americans had. Agility was paramount in the MiG-29’s design, as was simplicity and the ability to operate from forward airfields. Because of the latter, a complicated system of vents and doors over the intakes was devised to keep any foreign objects from being sucked into the engines. The intakes themselves were also variable to control airflow to the engines. Some emphasis was given to all-around visibility from the cockpit, as MiG-21 and MiG-23 pilots had complained of poor vision to the front and rear. Because it was meant to be used very close to the fighting front, range was not an important factor in the MiG-29’s design. Mikoyan-Gurevich meant for it to be a rugged aircraft that could maneuver with anything in the West’s inventory, and largely succeeded—despite not using a fly-by-wire control system.
The biggest drawback to the MiG-29 design was its radar. Because Soviet radar technology was still a generation behind that of the West, the multimode, look-down radar the Soviet V-VS desired was too big to fit in a smaller aircraft like the MiG-29. As a result, the radar from the MiG-23MF was adapted and modified. While the radar could track multiple targets, it could not pick out small targets at range and could only guide one missile at a time. This put the MiG-29 at a severe disadvantage: in hypothetical combat with a F-15, both pilots would detect each other at the same time, but the MiG-29 would be unable to respond until the range closed to visual range. Once at close range, the advantage would switch to the more manueverable MiG-29, which compensated for its lack of long-range firepower by using both a helmet-mounted sight (which allowed pilots to engage targets “off-boresight” of the nose) and an infrared sensor mounted in front of the cockpit. The poor radar, combined with a poorly-designed cockpit, meant that the MiG-29 would not be able to reach its full potential. Nonetheless, it gave Soviet Frontal Aviation a dogfighter that was equal at short range with Western fighters.
The first MiG-29A prototype flew in October 1977; engine trouble which resulted in the loss of two prototypes led to delaying its entry into service until 1984 as the operational MiG-29B. By this time, it had been identified by US reconnaissance satellites as first the “Ram-L” and then as the MiG-29A, though only the prototypes had been given this designation. It was given the reporting name Fulcrum: when the name became known in the Soviet Union after its first public display in Finland in 1986, MiG-29 pilots liked the reporting name so much it was unofficially adopted. The MiG-29 would be extensively exported to Soviet client states; after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, exports were expanded to anyone who could afford MiG-29s.
The MiG-29’s combat experience was mixed: in engagements with F-15s during the First Gulf War in 1991, and F-15s and F-16s in the Bosnia and Kosovo Wars of the late 1990s, it came off second-best. Eleven MiG-29s were lost in air combat during these wars; several others were lost during the Eritrean War of 1999, ironically to Ethiopian Su-27s. It should be said that these losses were less due to any inherent problems with the MiG-29 as it was poor training of pilots and better tactics by American and NATO pilots. 37 nations have operated or continue to operate the Fulcrum: this includes the United States, which purchased a number from Moldova to prevent them from being sold to Iran.
The MiG-29 has been extensively upgraded by its operators, usually adding internal fuel, better avionics, and a much-improved radar. India has adopted the MiG-29K for use on its carriers. Some versions use Western electronics. Russian MiG-29s are being gradually upgraded to MiG-29SMT standard, though poor maintenance and aging engines has grounded the V-VS’ fleet on several occasions, as recently as 2009. Over 1600 MiG-29s have been produced, and it continues in production.
The MiG-29UB was designed as the conversion trainer for the MiG-29 series. To accommodate the second cockpit, the UB has a narrower nose as it lacks a radar. Technically, the UB is combat capable, but would be limited to line-of-sight engagements only. The Flying Heritage Collection obtained this aircraft in 2009; it is a former Ukrainian example sold to a private buyer in 2008 and restored back to flying condition. It lacks national markings, likely because the MiG-29 is still a frontline fighter.
Ok, so they don't nod- they wobble from side to side!
I had to buy these after seeing them in a local charity shop for £1.99 each.
Don't know much about them other than they say MADE in USSR on the inside.
(Sorry about Radio 2 in the background-oops)
Apocryphal russian tankette in green camo. Loosely based on the german wiesel.
My first serious build in green (I had no green brick in my young age. The crystal skulls sets are good for two things: dark green and soviet minifigs!
Maybe I will evolve this into a Ontos.
Officially a manufacturer of electrical components mainly for use in tape recorder.
It was rumored that, it was the site of arms development and testing.
After the Chernobyl nuclear accident, it became a test center for radiation monitoring and decontamination.
It was abandoned ten years later, in 1996.
Picture: Safety posters in one of the machine halls.
Three different styles of Soviet military plates.
#1710 came from the Georgian SSR. Plate is of the longer style fully embossed with thin dies.
#6493 was sent to me from a collector who found it in East Germany, This plate is not of standard Soviet shape and size but the lettering is just spray on stencilled with an embossed border..
#5910 was found in Leningrad/St. Petersburg. This plate is of the standard Soviet square style fully embossed and well made.
When the Soviets came marching through Germany at the end of World War 2, they freed what was left of the Sachsenhausen slave labor force.
East Germany was then ceded to the Soviets, and this monstrous, triangular tower was erected to celebrate the Communist comrades that were imprisoned by the Nazis. For some reason, the yellow triangles of the Jews and the pink triangles of the gays did not make it onto the tower.
Communist prisoners had to wear a red triangle on their uniform -- and the 18 stars represent the 18 countries under Communist control (I think).
Close-up of a Soviet era ball head. made by Vladimir Ivanovich Besedin, a space industry machinist and inventor. Apparently, he made a total of about 800 of these in his kitchen, about half of which ended up in the US. The design is remarkable, very solid, and allows for almost unlimited freedom of motion. Shot, appropriately, with a 60s vintage Helios 44-2, 58mm/2.0.
The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from Vozdushno-desantnye voyska SSSR, Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed before the Second World War, the force undertook two significant airborne operations and a number of smaller jumps during the war and for many years after 1945 was the largest airborne force in the world. The force was split after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, with the core becoming the Russian Airborne Forces, losing divisions to Belarus and Ukraine.
Troops of the Soviet Airborne Forces traditionally wore a sky blue beret and blue-striped telnyashka and they were named desant (Russian: Десант) from the French Descente.
The Soviet Airborne Forces were noted for their relatively large number of vehicles, specifically designed for airborne transport, as such, they traditionally had a larger complement of heavy weaponry than most contemporary airborne forces.