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  2. Sikorsky Russky Vityaz - Wikipedia

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    Early "Le Grand" version with two engines. The Sikorsky Russky Vityaz (Russian: Русский витязь), or Russian Knight (S-21), previously known as the Bolshoi Baltisky (Russian: Большой Балтийский) (The Great Baltic) in its first four-engined version, [1] was the first four-engine aircraft in the world, designed by Igor Sikorsky and built at the Russian Baltic ...

  3. Armies of the Rus' principalities - Wikipedia

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    Massively heavy armor was used, mostly Scandinavian-style. [2] However, these squads, as a rule, did not exceed the number of several hundred men, and were unsuitable for united actions under a single command. [3] At the same time, the main part of the Kievan Rus' army was the militia infantry.

  4. List of medieval armour components - Wikipedia

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    Later armets have a visor. A stereotypical knight's helm. Favoured in Italy. Close helmet or close helm: 15th to 16th century: A bowl helmet with a moveable visor, very similar visually to an armet and often the two are confused. However, it lacks the hinged cheekplates of an armet and instead has a movable bevor, hinged in common with the ...

  5. Bogatyr - Wikipedia

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    In Russian versions, they are from Murom, [19] Ryazan [20] and Rostov [18] correspondingly Mykyta Kozhumyaka , bogatyr and a folk hero snake wrestler, in honor of which Pereyaslav was named Evpaty Kolovrat , bogatyr described in The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan, he fought an army of the Mongol ruler Batu Khan

  6. Shader - Wikipedia

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    This shader works by replacing all light areas of the image with white, and all dark areas with a brightly colored texture. In computer graphics, a shader is a computer program that calculates the appropriate levels of light, darkness, and color during the rendering of a 3D scene—a process known as shading.

  7. KBS Strelok - Wikipedia

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    It consists of a front and rear main parts connected at the shoulders and sides; armor pockets on the sides provide for the installation of additional armor plates. The body armor is connected to a belt, which helps redistribute the load from the shoulders. When equipped with GOST class 5 armor plates, the total weight is 12.2 kg. [6] [7]

  8. Uniforms of the Russian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    On 21 December 1991, the CIS member countries agreed to maintain a unified command of the Armed Forces until they were reformed. On 11 February 1992, following Commander-in-Chief of the CIS Armed Forces Order No. 50 "On temporary changes in the military uniform for the period 1992–1995", a description was given of "temporary changes" in uniforms.

  9. Russian Knights - Wikipedia

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    The Russian Knights (Russian: Русские Витязи, romanized: Russkie Vityazi) is an aerobatic demonstration team of the Russian Air Force.Originally formed on April 5, 1991 at the Kubinka Air Base as a team of six Sukhoi Su-27s, the team was the first to perform outside the Soviet Union in September 1991 when they toured the United Kingdom.