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Order of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Cinematic Duplicate the Order of the Hero of the Soviet Union. An extremely rare artifact of communist propaganda of. In the Soviet Union, the private production of copies or dummies of awards was a criminal offense. All awards or their dummies were produced only by the state in state factories. The Order of the Hero of the Soviet Union. Was made in the workshop of the. Soviet state film company “Mosfilm”. Communist achievements and values. This dummy of the order is made of bronze by stamping and subsequent machining. The main differences from the original award: base metal, lack of a number and the inscription. Hero of the Soviet Union. And the presence of the symbol of. The Hammer and Sickle. (this is not present on the original order). On the back side of pillow for the order there is a. Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. First Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of Soviet ground forces (see Wiki) in the Marshal uniform with. He Legion of Merit (LOM). Is a military award of the United States Armed Forces. Size 100 x 150 mm.

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Information about this officer is available on podvig website. 1 MILITARY ID FOR HERO OF SOVIET UNION???????????????????????? Written on booklet: MILITARY ID FOR COMMANDERS OF RED ARMY. +photo from his military academy. +newspaper 1965 year with big article about him. +some more one photo/postcard. So just be little patient, all depends on post-office. Hope you receive soon.

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Rare 100% original photo album Cosmos Soviet Union Rocket Cosmodrome USSR. Photo album with photographs of the City of Mirny Cosmodrome, public events, flora and fauna, a meeting of the military, and more… City of Mirny – Prior to the construction of the Angara facility, later on the landfill, the cosmodrome, at the southern tip of the modern city, the village of Pletsy was located with a post station on Petrovsky Trakt. At the northern end of the modern city, there was the village of Rosin Plant, in which a rosin and turpentine plant operated from 1927 to 1958. The village was settled by 1960. The new settlement arose in 1957 as a military camp for intercontinental ballistic missiles. Subsequently, on the basis of the connection, a test site was first created, and later the Plesetsk cosmodrome.

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Photo of cosmonauts Klimuk and Sevastyanov USSR Space USSR. Pyotr Ilyich Klimuk Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1973, 1975), Colonel General (1998). He made his first space flight from December 18 to 26, 1973, together with flight engineer V. Lebedev on the Soyuz-13 spacecraft. The flight duration was 7 days 20 hours 55 minutes 35 seconds. Before the flight, Yu. Romanenko was the youngest (by date of birth) of those who flew into space. Vitaly Ivanovich Sevastyanov – pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, candidate of technical sciences. Twice Hero of the Soviet Union. Member of the CPSU since 1963.

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5.5 x 8 ORIGINAL.

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Photo USSR General DEMIN Hero of the Soviet Union Two Chinese Medal Friendship. April, 1966, size 11.5 x 17 cm. Demin Nikita Stepanovich [?????????????????????]. Hero of the Soviet Union (07.05.1965), lieutenant general (10.05.1961). Lieutenant General Nikita Stepanovich Demin was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal No. Four Orders of the Red Banner. Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st and 2nd degrees. Four Orders of the Red Star (including 11/5/1980). Medals of the USSR. “50 years in the CPSU” badge. Foreign orders and medals.

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Vintage Soviet Union USSR Zenit 12XP 35mm SLR Photo Camera Helios 44m-4 Lens. ATTENTION: Dear Customers, you will receive exactly the same item which you see on the pictures, not similar or other. Please read the description carefully and review the photos. In the Russian Zenit series of SLRs, the Zenit 12 is a slightly updated and better made version of the Zenit TTL, made by KMZ between 1983 and 1994. The 12SD is similar, but with a restyled shutter speed dial. A later version of the 12SD has a reshaped top plate and pentaprism housing. The 12XP is similar to the 12SD, and now has LED exposure indicators in place of the meter needle. Shutter speed: 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500 and Bulb mode. Standard lens is the Helios-44-M-4 with a 58mm focal length and widest aperture of f/2 with an M42 mount. Weight of the camera: 942g. Weight of camera with a case: 1222g. Buyers are responsible for any additional costs in their country of residence. We cannot influence the arrival time of the package. Your complete satisfaction will bring joy to us. If you notice any problems let us know. Send us an offer. If you like the item in the listing but the current price does not suit you, please send us an offer so we can make a deal!

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Photo of Pilot Cosmonaut of the Soviet Union USSR. In September 1966 – December 1968, he was preparing for the flight of the Soyuz spacecraft in the 2nd crew of the passive spacecraft under the Docking program, together with Andriyan Nikolaev (from August 1968 replaced by Anatoly Filipchenko) and Viktor Gorbatko. 18th pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR and 40th cosmonaut of the world, twice Hero of the Soviet Union. On July 7, 1981, he became deputy head of the complex. January 1, 1982 – appointed head of the 29th service (training of test cosmonauts). June 12, 1987 – transferred to the position of deputy head of the 5th complex. December 29, 1989 – appointed deputy head of the 5th department, received the title of 1st class test cosmonaut instructor. November 3, 1993 – dismissed from the cosmonaut corps due to retirement due to length of service.

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Soviet cosmonaut, twice Hero of the Soviet Union the only one who was awarded the first star of the Hero for the Great Patriotic War (WWII), and the second for the flight into space. Honored Test Pilot of the USSR, Lieutenant-General of Aviation, Candidate of Psychological Sciences, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR No. Winner of the USSR State Prize (1981). Had scientific works in the field of cosmonautics and engineering psychology. He defended his thesis at the Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture and received a degree in psychology. In 1987 he retired in the military rank of Lieutenant General of Aviation. Very good for collection! PLEASE, SEE THE PICTURES. Please see my other items, there are many interesting things!! Have a good shopping!

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Vintage Soviet Union USSR Kiev Ukraine 35mm Rangefinder Photo Film Camera. ATTENTION: Dear Customers, you will receive exactly the same item which you see on the pictures, not similar or other. Please read the description carefully and review the photos. The Kiev rangefinder cameras are derivatives of the pre-WW2 Contax rangefinder bodies, and were made after the War by the Zavod Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine. Soviet forces took the Zeiss Ikon factory in Dresden as war reparations and “relocated” equipment and personnel from the Germany into Kiev, Ukraine. In Kiev, the Zeiss Ikon’s Contax production line was set up again in the Zavod Arsenal facility and quickly started production under the Kiev brand name (1947). Early models (Kiev 2) are said to have been made from original Zeiss Ikon stock the Soviets had taken with them by German technicians. There are reports of models with the original Contax nameplate behind the new Kiev shield. Kiev cameras, just like Contax before them, were considered of higher quality than Zorki/FED and were preferred by Soviet officials and professional journalists. One of the advantages of the Kiev is the use of the Contax long rangefinder base: 9 cm, which allows for very accurate focusing even at very shallow apertures. This feature combined with a clear depth-of-field scale on the lens, and excellent optics is used to create a clear isolation of the subject from the background. Also in the Kiev, just like to Contax before them, the viewfinder and rangefinder are combined in one large bright viewfinder, Leica did not combine the two until the Leica M3 in 1954. Quality of the cameras was maintained into the 1960s, but saw a drop in the 1970s due to simplification and lack of quality control in parts and assembly. However, the cameras keep working within tolerance due to the excellent design of Zeiss team almost 50 years before the last camera left the production line. The Kiev II, is a copy of the prewar Contax II and the Kiev III was a copy of the Contax III, easily recognizable because of the light meter perched on top of the body. Neither of these cameras was synchronized for flash, although many were later modified. The Kiev IIa and IIIa solved this problem. Further refinements resulted in the Kiev 4 and 4A (metered and non metered) models, which were produced from the 1950s until the 1980s with several variations and modifications. The last variants, the Kiev 4AM and 4M, had such modern conveniences as a hot shoe and real rewind crank. There was a short-lived Kiev 5 model that was only produced from 1968 to 1973 and was incompatible with earlier Kiev/Contax lenses. It offered a large and bright finder, with frameline for the standard 50mm lens, an integrated lightmeter, and film advance by a lever. This effort to modernize the line failed, and these cameras are rare today. Weight of the camera: 686g. Weight of the case with camera: 960g. Buyers are responsible for any additional costs in their country of residence. We cannot influence the arrival time of the package. Your complete satisfaction will bring joy to us. If you notice any problems let us know. Send us an offer. If you like the item in the listing but the current price does not suit you, please send us an offer so we can make a deal!

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