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Pages in category "Soviet inventions" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 242 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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 ...
built an early radio receiver in the form of a lightning detector, eastern European countries claim he is the "inventor of radio" Popov and his radio: Nikolay Popov (1931–2008) Soviet Union Russian Federation: first fully gas turbine main battle tank [126] T-80 main battle tank: Aleksandr Porokhovschikov (1892 – c. 1942) Russian Empire
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.
The Sphinx and the Commissar: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Influence in the Middle East (Harper and Row, 1978). Kauppi, Mark V. and R. Craig Nation, eds. The Soviet Union and the Middle East in the 1980s (Lexington Books, 1983). Klieman, Aaron S. Soviet Russia and the Middle East (1970) online; Lund, Aron.
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, the Workers Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was an unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
Soviet inventions (11 C, 241 P) Sports originating in Russia (12 P) T. Ternary computers (1 C, 10 P) Pages in category "Russian inventions" The following 200 pages ...
The First Socialist Society: A History of the Soviet Union from Within (2nd ed. Harvard UP 1992) 570pp; Gregory, Paul R. and Robert C. Stuart, Russian and Soviet Economic Performance and Structure (7th ed. 2001) Kort, Michael. The Soviet Colossus: History and Aftermath (7th ed. 2010) 502pp; Kotkin, Stephen.