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Beautiful original space race poster, from my point of view, one of the best posters in my collection. Title: 12 APRIL-COSMONAUTICS DAY. Cosmounatics day is an anniversary celebrated in Russia and some other former USSR countries on 12 April. In Poland an “International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics” is celebrated on the same day. On the other side, the person on the poster is Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin which was a Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Condition: please, see pictures, specialy, picture 2. Made in Russia, Soviet Union. This is guaranteed 100% original soviet period item manufactured in the USSR. This is not a recent issue, replica or tourist souvenir. This item is in the category “Collectables\Historical Memorabilia\Political\Rest of the World\Russia”. The seller is “original_soviet_posters” and is located in this country: GB. This item can be shipped worldwide., Africa, all countries in continental Asia, Central America and Caribbean, Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Switzerland, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Greece, Republic of Croatia, Hungary, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Monaco, Moldova, Macedonia, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Vatican City State, Middle East, North America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, South America.

• Politician: Gorvachev
• Type: Cosmonaut
• Party: Communist party
• Year: 1984
• Signed: No
• Theme: Russian/ Soviet
• Country: Soviet Union
• Material: Paper
• Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation
• Country/Region: Russia
• Modified Item: No

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This is an extremely rare vintage mechanical wind-up toy from the former Soviet Union which features the Sputnik satellite orbiting the Earth. Wind up the toy with the key and the satellite orbits the Earth. The unique feature of the toy is the sound effects. As Sputnik orbits the Earth, there is a bell that rings Ding! “, then after a second or two pause, it repeats “Ding! ” mimicking the classic “Beep! That Sputnik broadcast back to Earth so observers around the globe could both see and hear the satellite. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik on October 4, 1957 and became the first country to orbit a satellite. This is the one singular event that started the Space Race. The toy has some surface rust as seen in the pictures and the back panel that once closed the back is missing. But mechanically it still runs great with Sputnik orbiting the Earth while the bell rings. Stands 4.5 inches tall, 3 inches wide, and 2 inches deep. An iconic toy from the very beginning of the Space Race. This toy was produced by Children’s World Department Store (Detskiy Mir) located in downtown Moscow in the USSR in the late 1950’s to commemorate the first Sputnik satellites. Check out the pictures and ask any questions. The item “Vintage Sputnik Satellite Wind-up Mechanical Toy Soviet Union USSR Space Race” is in sale since Saturday, December 12, 2020. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Historical Memorabilia\Astronauts & Space Travel\Russian & Soviet Program”. The seller is “slemsge3″ and is located in Towson, Maryland. This item can be shipped to United States, Russian federation, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Uruguay.

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