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Ukraina by Arkady Mordvinov and Vyacheslav Oltarzhevsky (leading Soviet expert on steel-framed highrise construction) is the second tallest of the "sisters" (198 meters, 34 levels). It was the tallest hotel in the world from the time of its construction until the Peachtree Plaza Hotel opened in Atlanta , Georgia , in 1975.
Khraniteli (Russian: Хранители, lit. 'Guardians [of the Ring]') is a Soviet television play miniseries based on J. R. R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.It was broadcast once in 1991 by Leningrad Television and then thought lost before being rediscovered in 2021. [2]
The Siberian Seven refers to seven out of twenty‑nine members of two families of persecuted Pentecostals in the Soviet Union who took up residency at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow on June 27, 1978. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] These seven members represented the Vashchenko and Chmykhalov families, both originally from Chernogorsk , Siberia . [ 3 ]
Soviet jewelry falls under the category of art, antiques and collectibles which are all grouped and defined as Movable Cultural Property. [1] [2] Although all Soviet jewelry can be called art, most of jewelry from USSR is considered to be collectibles and some, depending on the jurisdiction under which they are located, are (or soon to become) legitimate antiques.
The Cambridge Five was a ring of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during the Second World War and the Cold War and was active from the 1930s until at least the early 1950s. None of the known members were ever prosecuted for spying. The number and membership of the ring emerged slowly, from the 1950s ...
The Seven Dwarf Rings. Forged by Sauron/Annatar and Celebrimbor, the seven rings were made during the division of the Dwarf clans — Durin's Folk, Firebeards, Broadbeams, Ironfists, Stiffbeards ...
J.R.R. Tolkien fans across the globe encountered the seemingly impossible last month: a film version of “The Lord of the Rings” they’d never heard of. There was Gollum gargling in his cave.
Operation Koltso (Operation Ring) was the last part of the Battle of Stalingrad. It resulted in the capitulation of the remaining Axis forces encircled in the city. It resulted in the capitulation of the remaining Axis forces encircled in the city.