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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.
The domes of the cathedral for the first time in history were gilded using the technique of gold electroplating. The original building was demolished during the Soviet era, but was rebuilt in 1995–2000, having become a symbol of Russia's religious renaissance. [68] [79] 1884 Mozhaysky's airplane. By Alexander Mozhaysky. Known as one of the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Soviet inventions (11 C, 238 P) Soviet science fiction ... (time signal) BIOS-3; BN-1200 reactor ... Repression of science in the Soviet Union; List of Russian ...
The theory of space exploration had a solid basis in the Russian Empire before the First World War with the writings of the Russian and Soviet rocket scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935), who published pioneering papers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on astronautic theory, including calculating the Rocket equation and in 1929 introduced the concept of the multistaged rocket.