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Pages in category "Soviet inventions" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 238 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
For the first time drag chutes were used in 1937 by the Soviet airplanes in the Arctic that provided support for the famous polar expeditions of the era. The drag chute allowed safe landings on small ice-floes. 1937 Drifting ice station. Soviet and Russian drifting ice stations are important contributors to exploration of the Arctic.
Inventions Image Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013) Soviet Union Russian Federation: AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles (produced more than all other types of assault rifles combined) [79] AK-47: Nikolay Kamov (1902–1973) Russian Empire Soviet Union: armored military autogyro, Ka-series coaxial rotor helicopters [80] Pyotr Kapitsa (1894–1984 ...
The Soviet Union detonated a hydrogen bomb in 1953, a mere ten months after the United States. Space exploration was also highly developed: in October 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit; in April 1961 a Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, became the first man in space. The Soviets maintained a ...
This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race.. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.
From the first Apple computer to the COVID-19 vaccine, here are the most revolutionary inventions that were born in the U.S.A. in the past half-century.
Soviet inventions (11 C, 237 P) Sports originating in Russia (12 P) T. Ternary computers (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Russian inventions" The following 200 pages ...
Timeline of United States inventions (before 1890), before the turn of the century; Timeline of United States inventions (1890–1945), before World War II; Timeline of United States inventions (1946–1991), during the Cold War; Timeline of United States inventions (after 1991), after the dissolution of the Soviet Union