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  2. Laika - Wikipedia

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    Laika was to be the "flight dog" – a sacrifice to science on a one-way mission to space. [20] Albina, who had already flown twice on a high-altitude test rocket, was to act as Laika's backup. The third dog, Mushka, was a "control dog" – she was to stay on the ground and be used to test instrumentation and life support. [8] [15]

  3. Military ranks and insignia of the Soviet Union (1918–1935)

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    Despite these positive traits, for centuries a red flag on tall town buildings had a more sinister meaning - a plague outbreak; in the early days of the Civil War this led to White units taking a wide berth around Soviet controlled settlements. The Bolsheviks did persevere in the face of this negative connotation however and red became the de ...

  4. Pushinka - Wikipedia

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    Pushinka became pregnant by one of the Kennedys' dogs, Charlie, and gave birth to four puppies, whom the president jokingly called pupniks. [7] The White House received 5,000 requests from members of the public asking for Pushinka's puppies. Two of the puppies, Butterfly and Streaker, were given away to children in the Midwest.

  5. Communist symbolism - Wikipedia

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    The red flag is often seen in combination with other communist symbols and party names. The flag is used at various communist and socialist rallies like May Day. The flag, being a symbol of socialism itself, is also commonly associated with non-communist variants of socialism. The red flag has had multiple meanings in history.

  6. Moscow Watchdog - Wikipedia

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    Red-piebald, spotted: white with red spots, red-black, black-red, sable Dog ( domestic dog ) The Moscow watchdog ( Russian : московская сторожевая , tr. Moskovskaya Storozhevaya ) is a guard dog developed in the former Soviet Union , now Russia .

  7. Uniforms and insignia of the Red Army (1917–1924) - Wikipedia

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    The first of these, introduced by the Supreme Military Soviet (SMS) [f] on 29 July, was 'the Revolutionary Military Symbol of the Red Army': a red enamel or painted star containing a bronze hammer-and-plough device set within a silver wreath (an oak branch on the left side and a laurel on the right). This was essentially the Red Army's ...

  8. Flag of the Soviet Union - Wikipedia

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    The flag of the Soviet Union consisted of a plain red flag with a gold hammer crossed with a gold sickle placed beneath a gold-bordered red star. This symbol is in the upper left canton of the red flag. The colour red honours the red flag of the Paris Commune of 1871; the red star and the hammer and sickle are symbols of communism and socialism.

  9. Hammer and sickle - Wikipedia

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    The hammer and sickle symbol and red star. A hammer and sickle on the insignia of the Order of the Patriotic War. The State Emblem of the Soviet Union and the Coats of Arms of the Soviet Republics showed the hammer and sickle, which also appeared on the red star badge on the uniform cap of the Red Army uniform and in many other places.