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Dmitry Shparo (born August 23, 1941) is a Russian Arctic explorer and endurance skier. He is internationally known for twice reaching the North Pole on snow skis. In 1979, Shparo led the first ski expedition from Eurasia to the North Pole. In 1988, he completed a full traverse across the Arctic Ocean from Russia to Canada via the North
The short distance, 3.8 km (2.4 mi), between the Soviet Union (Big Diomede) and the U.S. (Little Diomede Island, state of Alaska) in the Bering Sea became known as the "Ice Curtain" during the Cold War. A field of cacti surrounding the U.S. Naval station at Guantanamo Bay planted by Cuba was occasionally termed the "Cactus Curtain". [110] [111]
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Yermak had been used in the winter of 1899–1900 to set up the first radio communication link in Russia between Kotka and Gogland (Suursaar) island (distance 47 km). In 1900 she came to the aid of the cruiser Gromoboi which had grounded in the Baltic. Between 1899 and 1911 Yermak sailed in heavy ice conditions for more than 1000 days.
The KLM-Line is the name given to the first lineup players of the USSR national ice hockey team and the Russian club CSKA in the 1980s. It included forwards Vladimir Krutov, Igor Larionov and Sergei Makarov. The trio was named after the first letters of the offensive players last names.
Iron Curtain is a comedy musical about the Soviet Union, with music by Stephen Weiner, lyrics by Peter Mills, ... A Russian chorus girl with an eye for Murray.
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The first ice floe of the Kara Sea aboard the first trip on the first vessel to transit the region. In 1933 Krassin became the first vessel to reach the inaccessible northern shores of Novaya Zemlya in the history of navigation. In 1938, the Krassin rescued the icebreaker Lenin and her convoy, trapped in ice at the end of the previous summer. [6]