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20th anniv. of Soviet people's Victory over fascist Germany in the Great Patriotic War (1941–1945) "The Soldier Liberator" monument by Yevgeny Vuchetich in Treptower Park: 60,000,000 (11,250 proof) 1967 10 copecks 50 years of Soviet power Monument "To the Conquerors of Space", rising sun in the background 50,000,000 (211,250 of them proof) 1967
www.soviet-medals-orders.com—A personal website by a collector from Switzerland, Oldrich Andrysek, presenting extensive collection of Soviet, Transdniestrian, Eastern European and some Mongolian awards with descriptions, images, news, reference materials of interest to phalerists and collections of soviet memorabilia. Well-illustrated, with ...
Cold War Victory Medal The Cold War Victory Medal is both an official medal of the U.S. National Guard and an unofficial military medal of the United States. It is awarded by the U.S. states of Louisiana and Texas, and in ribbon form only by the State of Alaska.
The mask was designed to provide protection to civilians against nuclear, biological, and chemical [1] agents during the threat of the Cold War. [2] It is distinguished from its military counterpart, the PMK , which was intended to be used exclusively for military purposes as opposed to the GP-7 which was designed solely for civil defense.
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which lasted from 1947 until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Operation Anadyr (Russian: Анадырь) was the code name used by the Soviet Union for its Cold War secret operation in 1962 of deploying ballistic missiles, medium-range bombers, and a division of mechanized infantry to Cuba to create an army group that would be able to prevent an invasion of the island by United States forces. [1]
The time period of around 1985–1991 marked the final period of the Cold War.It was characterized by systemic reform within the Soviet Union, the easing of geopolitical tensions between the Soviet-led bloc and the United States-led bloc, the collapse of the Soviet Union's influence in Eastern Europe, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
The R-14 Chusovaya [6] (Russian: Р-14 Чусовая, named for the Chusovaya river) was a single stage [7] Intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was given the NATO reporting name SS-5 Skean and was known by GRAU index 8K65. It was designed by Mikhail Yangel. Chusovaya is the