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Ukrainian Airborne Forces wearing dubok uniforms together with US Army at the Rapid Trident 2011 military exercise. Dubok was developed in 1997 for the Ukrainian Army. [4] It was designed as a replacement for Soviet-Era "Butan" camouflage uniform's in Ukrainian service, contrary to popular belief Dubok is not a variant of Russian, Ukrainian, or Soviet Butan, although it shares similarities ...
As of the mid-2000s, Fedorychev's assets included, apart from the Pivdennyi Port terminal, Ust-Donetsky River Port, Astrakhangazprom, Prydniprovsky Chemical Plant fertilisers, transhipment terminals in the Kerch Strait and a fleet of more than 50 sea and river vessels with a cargo turnover of around 4.5 million tonnes of sulphur, 2.3 million ...
Dubok may refer to: Dobok, Korean martial arts uniform. Dubok (camouflage), a camouflage pattern used (formerly) by the USSR and some Post-Soviet states
The Encyclopædia Britannica estimates that 6 to 8 million people died from hunger in the Soviet Union during this period, of whom 4 to 5 million were Ukrainians. [194] As of 2021, the Encyclopædia Britannica Online read: "Some 4 to 5 million died in Ukraine, and another 2 to 3 million in the North Caucasus and the Lower Volga area." [195]
The Kamuflirovannyy Letniy Maskirovochnyy Kombinezon [1] (Russian: Камуфлированный Летний Маскировочный Комбинезон, lit. 'Camouflaged Summer Disguise Coverall') [2] or KLMK is a military uniform with a camouflage pattern developed in 1968 by the Soviet Union to overcome the widespread use of night vision optics and devices by NATO countries. [3]
The Soviet Union was the world's second largest producer of harmful emissions. In 1988, total emissions in the Soviet Union were about 79% of those in the United States. But since the Soviet GNP was only 54% of that of the United States, this means that the Soviet Union generated 1.5 times more pollution than the United States per unit of GNP. [20]
The Afghanka (Russian: Афганка, romanized: Afganka [ɐvˈɡankə]; proper designation: Obr88) is a type of military uniform system developed and issued by the Soviet Army in the early 1980s, still in use today in some post-Soviet states in many different variants.
Human cost: Dekulakization was a brutal campaign that led to the deportation and death of millions of people. Estimates of the number of deaths vary, but it is believed that at least 5 million people died as a result of the policy. This had a profound impact on families and communities across the Soviet Union.