FREE PAGE DOWNLOAD PDFs This PDF download: these are watermarked samples from my own design stamp album pages, albeit some at much lower resolution quality in order to keep internet download file size down. You may be able to glean a few design ideas from these, not that I am suggesting they are a masterpiece! Legal warning: no part or captured image/s of these pages and/or page designs can be used commercially, given away, or sold on without first obtaining my written permission.
Software options I used an old version of QuarkXPress Passport (version 7.3 from my publishing days) to do all the page layout work (with its brilliant page element library) but other alternatives are Adobe InDesign, CorelDRAW and perhaps MS Publisher. You might also want to take a look at AlbumGen (stamp album design software) which can combine with images and data from EzStamp – follow this link https://ezstamp.com/software/stamp-album-software/
Get your pages printed professionally – not on a home printer. In terms of printing your own stamp album pages, most decent digital print shops should be able to print on larger paper size for you (e.g. A3 paper - ideally at 1200 dpi); then also guillotine to whatever final page size is wanted; and then punch/drill holes to suit your binder choice.
Paper specification In terms of paper, I highly recommend Mondi Colorcopy 160g/m2 (59 lbs bond) paper – a paper that works really well with digital printing. You could use thicker paper if you wanted. Colorcopy paper is widely available in various paper sizes including A3. This is 100% recyclable, ECF, FSC™ paper containing pulp from tree farms; has a special surface treatment, is non-toxic, CO2 neutral, carries the EU Ecolabel, and is ageing resistance ISO 9706 certified (guaranteed archival life of 200+ yrs). If this is not available to you, then ask your local paper merchant to suggest the nearest paper equivalent.
Fixing stamps I have fixed my own stamps using CLEAR Hawid open-top stamp mounts but other options include Showgard mounts or even decent “peelable” stamp hinges with used stamps.
If you have any questions regarding my own non-watermarked pages or page design, my contact details are below - best to email if you can.
David Farndale Tel: 07775 744 187; +44 7775 744 187 (UK time 10:00 to 17:00) email: [email protected] web: www.ruskystamps.com
- RUSSIAN STAMPS FOR SALE - I am gradually selling off all my duplicated Russian stamps 1858-1991. I am not a “dealer”, but as I occasionally buy up collections to help fill gaps in my own collection, more duplicates become available – it’s a ‘dynamic’ situation. I usually sell these (Buy-it-Now and Auction) through my eBay account www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ruskystamps but I do also have collectors that send me their “Wants Lists” from time to time – especially to help fill low value stamp gaps. Please request a Wants List template if this is of interest to you.
Occasional bargains and estate sales items are sold through my other eBay channel: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/ser*e*ndipity SAMPLERussia
Stamp Album Volume 4 U.S.S.R. Soviet Period 1960 - 1969
Currency: 100 Kopeks = 1 Rouble USSR
UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS
1960 1960 Birth Centenary of Chekhov 75th Birth Anniv. Frunze (Writer)
Chekhov and Moscow Residence Chekhov and Yalta Residence M. V. Frunze (Military Leader) SAMPLE (1885-1925) 1960 8th Winter Olympic Games
1960 Birth Centenary Gabrichevsky
Ice Hockey Ice Skating
G. N. Gabrichevsky (Micro-biologist) (1860-1907)
1960 50th Death Anniv. Komissarzhevskaya
Skiing Free-skating
V. F. Komissarzhevskaya (Actress) (1864-1910) Ski Jumping
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1960 AIR Post
1960 Heroes of Second World War
Timur Frunze and Air Battle Chernyakhovsky and Battle Scene Mil Mi-4 Helicopter SAMPLE over Kremlin
1960 15th Anniversary Liberation of Hungary
1960 50th Anniversary 1960 40th Anniversary International Women's Day Azerbaijan Republic
Women of Various Races Liberty Monument, Government House, Budapest Baku
1960 Moon Research - Flight of “Lunik 3” 1960 15th Anniversary Czechoslovak Republic
“Lunik 3” Lunar Map “Fraternisation” Charles Bridge, Photographing Moon Prague
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1960 For General Disarmament Presentation of Statue by Russia to United Nations
SAMPLE
“Swords into Ploughshares”
“Swords into Ploughshares” Means...to turn away from war, to peaceful pursuits. From The Bible, Old Testament, Isaiah 2 “They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
1960 Completion First Year of 7-Year Plan
1960 1960 Radio Day 150th Birth Anniv. of Robert Schumann
Popov Museum, Furnaceman R. Schumann Leningrad (1810-1856)
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1960 90th Birth Anniversary of Lenin
Lenin When a Child Lenin Holding Child Lenin and Revolutionary SAMPLE Scenes
Lenin with Party Banners Lenin and Industrial Scenes Lenin with Globe and Rejoicing People
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was born on April 22, 1870. Lenin thoroughly appropriated the world view developed by Marx and Engels and let himself be directed by their whole scientific and political activity. Lenin's preserved body is on permanent display at the Lenin Mausoleum in Moscow. Because of Lenin's unique role in the creation of the first Communist state, and despite his expressed wish shortly before his death that no memorials be created for him, his character was elevated over time to the point of near religious reverence. By the 1980s, every major city in the Soviet Union had a statue of Lenin in its central square, either a Lenin street or a Lenin Square near the centre, and often 20 or more smaller statues and busts throughout its terri- tory. Collective farms, medals, hybrids of wheat, and even an asteroid were named after him. Children were taught stories about "granddaddy Lenin" while they were still in kindergarten.
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the level of reverence for Lenin in post-Soviet republics has gone down considerably, but he is still considered an important figure by the generations who grew up during the Soviet period. Most statues of Lenin have been torn down in Eastern Europe, but many still remain in Russia. The city of Leningrad returned to its original name, St Petersburg, but the surrounding Leningrad Oblast still carries his name. The citizens of Ulyanovsk, Lenin's birthplace, have so far resisted all attempts to revert its name to Simbirsk. The subject of interring Lenin's body has been a recurring topic for several years in Russia.
1960 75th Birth Anniv. of Sverdlov 1960 Philatelists' Day
Ya. M. Sverdlov Magnifier and Stamp (1885-1919)
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1960 Capitals of Autonomous Republic (1st Series)
Petrozavodsk Batum SAMPLE(Karelian Republic) (Adzharian)
Izhevsk Grozny Cheboksary (Udmurt) (Chechen-Ingush) (Chuvash)
Yakutsk Ordzhonikidze Nukus (Yakut) (North Ossetian) (Kara-Kalpak)
Makhachkala Yoshkar-Ola (Daghestan) (Mari)
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 305 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1960 International Children’s Day
Children of VariousSAMPLE Races Children on Farm Children with Snowman Children in Zoo Gardens
1960 First Soviet Cosmic Rocket ‘Spacecraft 1’ (Vostok type) 1960 40th Anniv. of Karelian 1960 First Intl. Automation Autonomous Republic Control Federation Congress
Petrozavodsk I.F.A.C. Emblem (Karelian Republic) Rocket
1960 1960 Kosta Hetagurov Commemoration First Plant Construction of Seven Year Plan
Hetagurov and Scene Cement Works Metal Works, from his Works Novoknvorog
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1960 Mechanisation Automation of Production 1960 20th Anniv. Moldavian Republic
Kishinez, CapstansSAMPLE and Cogwheel Factory Plant Capital of Moldavia
1960 20th Anniversary of Soviet Baltic Republics
Vilnius, Lithuania Riga, Latvia Tallin, Estonia
1960 International Philatelic Exhibition 1960 15th Anniv. of Vietnam Democratic Republic
Agriculture and Industry Book Museum, Hanoi
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 307 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1960 17th Summer Olympic Games
SAMPLERunning Wrestling Basketball
Weightlifting Boxing High-diving Fencing
Gymnastics Canoeing Horse-jumping
The Games of the XVII Olympiad, were held in 1960 in Rome, Italy. Representatives of the USSR won 15 of 16 possible medals in women's gymnastics. The USSR placed 1st winning 103 medals - Gold 43; Silver 29; Bronze 31.
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 308 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1960 125th Birth Anniv. 1960 Fifth World G. Minkh (Epidemiologist) Forestry Congress, Seattle 1960 Birth Cent. of Levitan (Painter)
“March” “Forest” G. N. MinkhSAMPLE (1836-1896) 1960 15th Anniv. of World Federation of Trade Unions
1960 International 1960 40th Anniversary Correspondence Week Soviet Kazakh Republic
Addressing Letter Globes People of Kazakhstan
1960 Second Cosmic Rocket Flight
Kremlin, Dogs ‘Belka’ and ‘Strelka’ and Rocket Trajectory
Dogs in Space! - Belka and Strelka
During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used a number of dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In the 1950s and 60s, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The actual number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures. Belka (literally "Squirrel", but as a dog's name most likely means "Whitey"), and Strelka ("Little Arrow") spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Sputnik 5) on August 19, 1960 before safely returning to Earth. They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 40 mice, 2 rats, flies and a number of plants and fungi. All passengers survived. Strelka went on to have six puppies, one of whom was named Pushinka ("Fluffy") and was present- ed to President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline by Nikita Khrushchev. After death, the bodies of both Belka and Strelka were preserved. Belka is on display in Moscow, while Strelka tours the world as part of a travelling exhibition.
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1960 River Fleet of USSR
“Karl Marx” “Lenin” “Raketa” Hydrofoil
1960 Birth Bicentenary 1960 120th Birth Anniversary SAMPLEA. Voronikhin (Architect) Ya. Gogebashvili (Georgian Teacher)
A. N. Voronikhin and Leningrad Ya. Gogebashvili Cathedral (1840-1912)
1960 USSR Motor Industry Soviet Motor Cars
VOLGA was a brand name of various passenger cars from GAZ. Throughout the communist world, Volga cars were seen as the ultimate status sym- bols, used by high party officials and security services. The GAZ M21, the first car to carry the Volga name, was developed in the early 1950's. The GAZ M21 was the first Soviet car that could compare favourably with Western standards of technology and build quality. Volgas were built to last in the harsh climate and rough roads of the Soviet Union, with high ground clearance, rugged Motor Lorry “Volga” Car suspension, a bullet-proof engine, and rustproof- ing on a scale unheard of in the 1950's.
The Volga was stylistically right in line with the major American manufacturers of the period, and incorporated many luxury features. The Volga M21 was the most luxurious car that any Soviet citizen was permitted to own (though only about 2% could afford to buy one). The car's size and construction made it popular in the police and taxi trades, and V8-engined versions were produced for the KGB.
Today, it is considered a motoring icon with fans “Moskvich” Car Motor Coach all over the world, including at least a handful in the USA.
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1960 43rd Anniversary Great October Revolution 1960 15th Anniv. of World 1960 15th Anniv. Democratic Youth Federation of International Democratic Women's Federation
IndustrialSAMPLE and Power Youth of Three Races Plants
Federation Emblem
1960 Opening Friendship University 1960 40th Anniversary 1960 40th Anniversary Udmurt Autonomous Republic Soviet Armenia
Government House, Izhevsk Yerevan (Udmurt) Students and University
1960 50th Death Anniversary of Tolstoi
L. N. Tolstoi and his Moscow Tolstoi Portrait Tolstoi and his Country Estate Residence (1828-1910)
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1960 Flowers of USSR
SAMPLETulip Autumn Crocus Marsh Marigold Tulip
Panax Hypericum Iris Wild Rose
1960 1960 140th Birth Anniv. of Friedrich Engels 150th Birth Anniv. of Pirogov
1960 125th Birth Anniv. of Mark Twain
Friedrich Engels N. I. Pirogov (1820-1910) (Surgeon) (1810-1881)
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
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1960 15th Anniv. 1960 Korean Liberation 120th Birth Anniv. of Tsereteli
1960 150th Birth Anniv. of Frederic Chopin
F. Chopin North Korean Flag A. R. Tseretel SAMPLE(1810-1849) and Emblem (Georgian Poet)i (1840-1915) 1960 Provincial Costumes (1st Issue)
Lithuanian Costumes Uzbek Costumes
1961-65 Tenth Definitive Issue (Currency Revaluation - 10 (old) Kopeks = 1 (new) Kopek)
1961 872 2526a P12x12.5 orange-brown
Worker Harvesting Cosmic Rocket Soviet Arms/Flag Soviet Arms/Flag Spassky Tower
Spassky Tower Worker and Airliner over Worker Cosmic Rocket Monument and Collective Farmer Power-station Spassky Tower
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1961 Wildlife of USSR
SAMPLEEurasian Beaver Brown Bear Roebuck
1961 Russian Fairy Tales
“The Geese-Swans” “The Fox, the Hare and the Cock”
“The Little Hump-backed Horse” “The Muzhik and the Bear” “Ruslan and Lyudmila”
1961 40th Anniv. of Lenin's Electricity Plan
Lenin, Map and Power Station
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1961 Provincial Costumes (2nd Issue)
Moldavia Georgia
SAMPLEProvincial Russian Costume Design
The traditional Russian costume was noted for its straight-cut freely flowing lines. The cut was based on the width of the homespun or purchased fabric and accounted for the archaic style of traditional Russian garments: the considerable length of the dress,' and especially the long-sleeved women's shirts, worn in some districts. General features included the nature of the decor and the manner of wearing garments intended to produce a "multi-layer" costume ensemble, consisting of several garments worn one over the other. All these peculiarities of the peasant garments reflected the original nature of the Russian costume which had retained its main features from the times of Ancient Rus.
Ukraine Byelorussia Kazakhs Koryaks
The Russian women's costume was based on the "sarafan" (a kind of sleeveless dress). The "sarafan" ensemble became widespread in Russia at the turn of the 18th century and comprised a shirt, "sarafan", belt, and apron. This costume was especially typical of the north- ern and central regions penetrating with time into the other parts of Russia where it ousted the local traditional dress. In the 18th centu- ry it was already associated with the Russian national costume. The "sarafan" was a daily attribute of peasant womenfolk and urban women belonging to the merchant, petty-bourgeois and other sections of the population. The more archaic form of dress was based on the "poneva" skirt. While retaining its traditional forms the Russian costume was subject to changes. The developing textile industry and urban fashions could not help influencing the patriarchal mode of life in the Russian village and the peasants' everyday style of living.
Russia Armenia Estonia
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1961 Agricultural Achievements
Dairy Herd Tractor Agricultural Machinery Fruit Picking
1961 125th Birth Anniv. of Dobrolyubov SAMPLE1961 1961 40th Anniv. Birth Cent. of Zelinsky (Chemist) Georgian Republic
N. D. Zelinsky Georgian Republic Flag (1861-1953) N. A. Dobrolyubov (Writer) (1836-1861) 1961 Death Centenary of Shevchenko (Ukrainian Poet and Painter)
Self-portrait and Birthplace T. G. Shevchenko in Old Age
1961 Heroes of Second World War
Sgt. Miroshnichenko and Battle
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1961 600th Birth Anniv. of Rublev 1961 Cultural Celebrities
Andrei Rublev Shchors Monument, Statue of Shevchenko, Kotovsky Monument, (Painter)SAMPLEKiev Kharkov Kishinev (1360-1960)
1961 1961 50th Death Anniv. of Koch 125th Birth Anniv. of Sklifasovsky (German Micro-biologist)
1961 50th Anniv. of Russian National Pyatnitsky Choir
N. V. Sklifasovsky Robert Koch Zither-player and Folk Dancers (Surgeon) (1843-1910) (1836-1904)
1961 Launching of Space Probe "Venus" 1961 Cent. of Magazine "Vokrug Sveta"
“Popular Science” Venus Rocket Capsule and Flight Route
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 317 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 Patrice Lumumba Universitet (Congolese Politician) 1961 Africa Freedom Day SAMPLE
Students and University African breaking Chain Hands clasping Torch of Freedom and Map
1961 91st Birth Anniv. of Lenin 1961 Birth Cent. 1961 International Rabindranath Tagore Labour Exhibition, Turin
V. I. Lenin “To the Stars” Garibaldi Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1961)
1961 Lenin Definitive Issue
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1961 First Manned Space Flight
SAMPLEYuri Gagarin Rocket, Gagarin and Kremlin
Rocket and Spassky Tower
1961 Apr 12 - Vostok 1 Payload: Vostok 3KA s/n 3. Mass: 4,725 kg (10,416 lb). Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Vehicle: Vostok 8K72K. Duration: 0.0750 days. Perigee: 169 km (105 mi). Apogee: 315 km (195 mi). Inclination: 65.00 deg. Period: 89.30 min.
This the first manned spaceflight, one orbit of the earth, was preceded by several years of development work and unmanned test launch- es. Three press releases were prepared, one for success, two for failures. It was only known ten minutes after burnout, 25 minutes after launch, if a stable orbit had been achieved. The payload included life-support equipment and radio and television to relay information on the condition of the pilot. The flight was automated; Gagarin's controls were locked to prevent him from taking control of the ship. The combination to unlock the controls was available in a sealed envelope in case it became necessary to take control in an emergency. After retrofire, the service module remained attached to the Sharik reentry sphere by a wire bundle. The joined craft went through wild gyra- tions at the beginning of re-entry, before the wires burned through. The Sharik, as it was designed to do, then naturally reached aerody- namic equilibrium with the heat shield positioned correctly. Gagarin ejected after re-entry and descended under his own parachute, as was planned. However for many years the Soviet Union denied this, because the flight would not have been recognised for various FAI world records unless the pilot had accompanied his craft to a landing.
Vostok 1 - Recovered April 12, 1961 8:05 GMT. Landed Southwest of Engels Smelovka, Saratov.
1961 1961 1961 Imperf. Imperf. Imperf. 2576B 891 2577B 891 2578B 891 3k. 6k. 10k.
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 319 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 Capitals of Autonomous Republic (2nd Series)
Nalchik Ulan-Ude SAMPLE(Kabardino-Balkar) (Buryat)
Sukhumi Syktyvkar Nakhichevan (Abkhazia) (Komi) (Nakhichevan)
Rodina Cinema Ufa (Kalmyk) (Bashkir)
1961 Lumumba Commem. (2nd Series)
Patrice Lumumba (1925-1961)
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 320 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 International Children’s Day
Kindergarten Children in Pioneer Camp
Children with Toys SAMPLEand Pets
1961 1961 40th Anniv. of Soviet 150th Birth Anniv of Belinsky Hydro-meteorological Service 1961 Fourth and Fifth Spacecraft Flights
Dog “Zvezdochka”, “Chernushka” and Rocket V. G. Belinsky Meteorological Station Rocket and Controller (Journalist) and Map (1811-1848)
1961 Lieut-Gen. Karbyshev (War Hero) 1961 All-Union Spartakiada of Technical Sports
D. M. Karbyshev Glider Inflatable Motor Boat Motor Cyclist (1880-1945)
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 321 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 70th Birth Anniv. of Vavilov 1961 Birth Cent. 1961 40th Anniv. Vazha Pshavela Revolution in Mongolia (Georgian Poet)
Sukhe BatorSAMPLE Monument and S. I. Vavilov Government Buildings, Ulan Bator (Scientist) (1891-1951) Vazha Pshavela (1861-1915)
1961 World Youth Forum
Youths Pushing Tank into River “Youth Activities”
“Youth and Progress”
1961 Fifth International 1961 Birth Centenary Biochemical Congress 1961 7th Soviet "Kalevipoeg" (Estonian Saga) Trade Union Spartakiada
Javelin Thrower Congress Emblem Hero of Epos Kalevipoeg
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 322 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 15th Anniv. of Intl. Union of Students 1961 Birth Bicent. of Zakharov
A. D. Zakharov Union Emblem SAMPLE(Architect) (1761-1811)
1961 Second World War (1st Issue) 1941-1945
Counter-attack Sailor with Bayonet Soldier with Tommy-gun
1961 40th Anniversary of First Soviet Stamp
Commemorating Industry Commemorating Electrification
Commemorating Peace Commemorating Atomic Energy
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 323 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 Second Manned Space Flight
Space Pilot and Globe Titov and “Vostok 2”
1961 300th Anniv. of Irkutsk, Siberia SAMPLE1961 Intl. Correspondence Week
Angara River Bridge Letters and Mail Transport
1961 22nd Communist Party Congress
Workers and Banners Moscow University and Obelisk Combine-harvester
Workmen and Machinery Worker and Slogan
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 324 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1961 42nd Death Anniv. of Imanov (Kazakh Leader) 1961 10th Anniv. of Intl. Federation of Resistance Fighters 1961 150th Birth Anniv. Franz Liszt
Amangeldy Imanov F Liszt SAMPLE(1873-1919) (1811-1886)
Soviet Monument, Berlin
1961 Communist Labour Teams
Worker at Machine Adult Education Workers around Piano
1961 Cosmic Flights 1961 22nd Communist Party Congress (Aluminium Surfaced Paper) (Aluminium Surfaced Paper)
Rocket and Globes Rocket and Globes (overprinted)
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 325 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1962 25th Anniversary First Soviet Polar Drifting Station
SAMPLE
1962 150th Birth Anniv. of Goncharov (Writer)
1962 International Ski Championships
Ski Jumping Skier I. A. Goncharov (1812-1891)
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 332 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1962 Summer Sports Championships
Cycle Racing SAMPLEVolleyball Rowing Football Horse Jumping 1962 Capitals of Autonomous Republic (3rd Series)
Kazan (Tatar) Kyzyl (Tuva) Saransk (Mordovian)
1962 Centenary of Lenin State Library
1962 Centenary of Pasteur's Work
Lenin Library 1862 Modern Library Building
1962 Fur Bourse
L Pasteur (1822-1895)
Fur Bourse, Leningrad and Ermine
Russia Stamp Album - U.S.S.R. Page 333 www.ruskystamps.com USSR
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1962 Communist Party Programme 1962 World Peace Congress, Moscow
Youth with Girl with Book Workers of Three Hands Breaking Bomb SAMPLERaces and Dove
1962 Birth Cent of Sabir (Azerbaijan Poet) 1962 Eighth Anti-Cancer Congress, Moscow 1962 Byelorussian Poets 1962 Commemoration 150th Birth Anniv. of Zinin
Ya. Kupala and Ya. Kolas Sabir - real name Alakbar Congress Emblem N. N. Zinin Tahirzade (1862-1911) (1812-1880)
War Facts - Battle of Stalingrad 1942 The Battle of Stalingrad was the most important turning point in World War II and is considered the bloodiest battle in human history, with more combined casualties suffered than any battle 1962 Second World War before or since. The battle was marked by brutality and disre- (2nd Issue) 1941-1945 gard for military and civilian casualties on both sides. The battle is taken to include the German siege of the southern Russian city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd), the battle inside the city, and the Soviet counter-offensive which eventually trapped and destroyed the German Sixth Army and other Axis forces around the city.
As a result of the battle, the Axis powers (major being Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Empire of Japan) suffered roughly 850,000 casualties, 1/4 of their strength on the Eastern Front. The Axis forces never recovered from this loss and were forced into a long retreat out of Eastern Europe. For the Soviets, who also suffered great losses during the battle, the victory at Stalingrad marked the start of the liberation of the Soviet Union Sailor Throwing Petrol Bomb leading to eventual victory over Nazi Germany in 1945. The average life-expectancy of a Soviet private soldier during the battle of Stalingrad was just 24 hours. By the end of the siege, one million Soviet soldiers had died on the Stalingrad front.
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1962 Russian Artists and Sculptors
SAMPLEM. V. Nesterov I. D. Shadr I. N. Kramskoi 1962 First Anniversary of Titov's Flight
1962 1962 Imperf. Imperf. 2721B 968 2722B 968 10k. 10k.
“Vostok - 2” “Vostok - 2”
1962 First Group Manned Space Flight
Nikolaev and “Vostok 3” Popovich and “Vostok 4” Cosmonauts in Flight
1962 1962 1962 Imperf. Imperf. Imperf. 2725B 968 2723B 968 2724B 968 6k. 4k. 4k.
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1962 "Atoms for Peace" 1962 People's House of Friendship
House of Friendship, Moscow Lomonosov University and Atomic Symbols Map of Russia, Atomic Symbol and “Peace” in 10 languages SAMPLE1962 Fish Preservation Campaign 1962 85th Birth Anniv. 1962 Birth Cent. of O. Henry Feliks Dzerzhinsky (American Writer)
F. E. Dzerzhinsky Bream and Common Carp Atlantic Salmon ‘O. Henry’ - Pen name of William (1877-1926) Sydney Porter (1862-1910)
1962 150th Anniv. Patriotic War of 1812
Field-Marshals Barclay de Tolly, D.V. Davydov and Partisans Battle of Borodino Kutuzov and Bagration
Partisan Vasilisa Kozhina Escorting French Prisoners-of-War
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1962 600th Anniv. of Vinnitsa 1962 Intl. Correspondence Week
Lenin Street, Vinnitsa Transport, “Stamp” and “Postmark” SAMPLE1962 150th Anniv. of Nikitsky Botanical Gardens
Cedar “Vostok 2” Canna Strawberry Tree “Road to the Stars”
1962 Soviet People
Builder Textile Worker Surgeon
Farm Girl P.T. Instructor Housewife Rambler
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1962 150th Birth Anniv. of Mirza Akhundov (Poet) 1962 5th Anniversary Launching of First Sputnik
SAMPLE“Sputnik 1” M. Akhundov (1812-1878)
1962 Glory to Conqueror of Virgin Lands
Harvester Surveyor, Tractors and Map Pioneers with Flag
The ‘Tselina’
The Tselina, or the “Virgin Lands Campaign” was 25 years of human effort to feed the Soviet Union after it had been devastated by WWII. “The Virgin Lands Campaign” began in 1954 and spread mainly over the north of the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (cur- rently Kazakhstan). In 1961 the Kazakh city of Akmolinsk was renamed Tselinograd, literally “Virgin Lands City” and became the cen- ter of the campaign. After the end of deadliest war of the century, USSR had no money to feed its people. The Soviet Union needed 32 million tons of grain a year, but couldn’t produce enough on existing fields. So the untapped soils back then seemed an easy solu- tion. People from Russia, Ukraine and other Soviet republics arrived in the region to join the sovkhozes (Soviet state-owned farms). Hundreds of such farms were created - most sovkhozes of the Virgin Lands grew wheat only.
1962 Soviet Statesman of Medicine 1962 Mausoleum of Lenin
Lenin Mausoleum N. N. Burdenko V. P. Filatov (1876-1846) (1875-1956)
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1962 45th Anniversary Great October Revolution
1962 Poets’ Birth Anniversaries
Togolok Moldo (Kirghiz) Sayat-Nova (Armenian) WorkerSAMPLE with Banner (1860-1942) (1712-1795)
1962 Launching 1962 Glory to the Conqueror of Space of Rocket to Mars
1962 1962 Imperf. Imperf. 2759B 986 2760B 986 6k. 10k.
“Into Space” “Into Space”
1962 Launching of Rocket to Mars (2nd Series) 1962 40th Anniversary of USSR
Hammer and Sickle Mars Rocket in Space
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1962 Resolution of 22nd Communist Party Congress (all designs show production targets relating to 1980)
Chemical IndustrySAMPLE and Statistics Engineering Hydro-electric Power
Agriculture Engineering Communications
Heavy Industry Transport Dairy-farming
The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
“The 22nd Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union will without doubt be a turning point in the history of world communism. Its effect on the fate of the international labour movement will be deep and prolonged. Much of what happened was unexpected. On July 30th, 1961, a new draft of the Party programme was published, the core of which was a promise of the millennium: Russia would catch up and overtake the United States standard of living over the next decade or two. The complete transition from socialism to fully fledged communism would be accomplished. “Happy, beautiful and moving days!” as the Minister of Culture, Madame Furtseva was to call them. The Soviet press prepared for a great celebration of the bright future; Khrushchev’s 20-year programme was to be the main dish. Instead an extremely peppery course was served.” (From Socialist Review, November 1961) Mikhail Gorbachev attended the Congress as a Delegate from Stavropol
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1962 Marshal of Soviet Union V. K. Blukher
1962 30th Soviet 1962 75th Birth Anniv. of Podbelsky Chess Championship (Postal Administrator)
V. K. Blukher (1889-1938)
SAMPLE1962 Soviet Writers V. N. Podbelsky Chessmen (1887-1920)
A. P. Gaidar A. S. Makharenko (1904-1941) (1888-1939)
1962 Happy New Year!
1962 Imperf. 2781a 997 4k.
Dove and Christmas Tree
Russian New Year
In Russia, Christmas is not celebrated on the 25th of December, but on the 7th of January. This is because the Russian Church, like the Serbian, Bulgarian and other Orthodox Churches, still uses the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian calendar. In everyday life, how- ever, Russians use the Gregorian calendar, and the beginning of the New Year is therefore celebrated on the same day as in the rest of the world. This means that, unlike much of the world, in Russia the New Year celebration comes before Christmas. Perhaps as a result, the tradition of celebrating the New Year has become more important in recent years. The most common food for the New Year table is Olivie salad (consisting of meat, potatoes, pickles, green peas, onion, carrots, and mayonnaise), while the most common drink is cham- pagne. After listening to the traditional New Year speech from the president, everybody tries to open a bottle of champagne and make a wish within the first seconds of the New Year.
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1962 Soviet Cosmonauts Commemoration
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1962 Imperf. 2776a 993 1r. Technically classed as a large stamp not a miniature sheet
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1962 Pryanishnikov Commemoration 1962 Fourth Congress of International Federation of Resistance Heroes
F.I.R. Emblem and Handclasp D. N.SAMPLE Pryanishnikov (1865-1948)
1962 Birds
Rose-coloured Red-breasted Geese Snow Geese Great White Cranes Greater Flamingoes Starlings
1962 20th Anniv. of French Air Force "Normandia-Neman"
1962 40th Anniv. of Soviet Saving Banks
Badge and Yakovlev Map and Savings Book Yak-9 Fighters
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1962 Building of Communism - Heavy Industries -
SAMPLEFertiliser Plant, Rustavi, Georgia
Construction of Bratsk Hydro-electric Station Volzhskaya Hydro-electric Station, Volgograd
1962 Provincial Costumes 1963 Russian Stage Celebrities (3rd Issue)
Costumes of Latvia K. S. Stanislavsky M. S. Schepkin V. L. Durov (1863-1938) (1788-1863) (1863-1934)
1963 Soviet Child Welfare
Children in Nursery Children with Nurse Young Pioneers Students at Desk and Trainee at Lathe
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1966 Tourism in USSR
SAMPLETourist Complex Itkol Cruise Ship on the Volga
Archway in Leningrad Castle “Insidiousness and Love” Hotel Kavkaz in Sochi (Kislovodsk)
Ismail Samani Mausoleum in Bukhara 1966 7th Congress of Consumers 1966 49th Anniversary Co-operative Societies Great October Revolution 1966 2nd Soviet-Japanese Meeting
Congress Emblem Symbols of Peace and Flags Arms, Fireworks in Moscow
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1966 World Sports Championships of 1966 SAMPLE
Fencers - Chess Figures - Football Cup - Ice Hockey Player
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1966 800th Birth Anniversary of Shota Rustaveli
Scene from Poem “The Bas-relief of Shota Illustration to Poem “The SAMPLEKnight in the Tiger's Skin” Rustaveli Knight in the Tiger's Skin”: Tarial at a spring
Statue of Shota Rustaveli
Shota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, considered by many to be one of the greatest representatives of the literature of the medieval world. He is author of the literary work “The Knight in the Panther's Skin” ("Vepkhistqaosani" in Georgian), the Georgian national epic poem. Rustaveli was a Georgian noble, the treasurer ("Mechurchletukhutsesi") of Queen of Georgia Tamar and also ordered frescoes in the Georgian monastery of the St. Cross in Jerusalem. One of the pil- lars of this monastery bears a portrait which is believed to be the portrait of the poet. Few facts are known about Rustaveli's life; in particular dates of his birth and death are unknown.
"The Knight in the Panther's Skin" has been translated into many languages. It was first printed in 1712, in Tbilisi (capital of Georgia). Among the illustrated secular works produced in Georgia, the manuscripts of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin" occupy an important place. In the Institute of Manuscripts of the Georgian Academy of Sciences (Tbilisi) are two leaves of the text of the XVI century, and some lines of the poem belong to the XIV century. All other lists of the poem belong to the XVII century (manuscript of 1653, H-54 of the Institute of Manuscripts). The highest Prize of the Republic of Georgia in the fields of Art and Literature is the Shota Rustaveli State Prize. The main street in Tbilisi is Rustaveli Avenue. Also existing in Tbilisi are the Shota Rustaveli State Academic Theatre, the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, the Shota Rustaveli Underground Station, etc.
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1966 Fish Resources Lake Baikal
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Trawler, Net and Map of Lake Baikal
Omul Baikal Whitefish
1966 Resolutions of 23rd Communist Party Congress
Agriculture and Industry Transport and Communications Education and Technology
Increased Productivity Inventions and Progress - Power Resources
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1966 500th Anniv of Afanasy Nikitin's Travel to India 1966 Intl Hydrological Decade 1966 500th Anniv. of Kishinev
GovernmentSAMPLE Building in Kishinev Nikitin Monument Decade Emblem, Clouds, in Kalinin Rain
1966 War in Vietnam 1966 Azerbaijan Operas
Scene from “Nargiz” - Scene from “Ker-Ogly” Meeting in Support of Vietnam
1966 Happy New Year! 1966 25th Anniversary Peoples Voluntary Corps
1966 30th Anniv. Spanish Civil War
Fighters of International Brigade
Presenting Arms
Ostankino TV Tower, Transport
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1966 11th Definitive Issue
1966 P12.5 x 12 3348 1241 2k.
Palace of Congresses, Space Probe “Luna-9” Youth and Komsomol State Arms and Flag Aircraft and Satellite Kremlin and Moon Badge SAMPLE
Soldier and Star Furnaceman Woman with Dove
Demonstration in Red Square Agriculture Postal Communications V. I. Lenin
1966 25th Anniv of Battle of Moscow
Soviet Troops Advancing
Statue, Tank and Medal
“Moscow at Peace” - Kremlin, Sun and “Defence of Moscow” Medal
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The Space Race
After World War II, the United States and the Soviet Union became locked in a bitter Cold War of espionage and propaganda. Space exploration and satellite technology could feed into the cold war on both fronts. Satellite-borne equip- ment could spy on other countries, while space-faring accomplishments could serve as propaganda to tout a country's scientific prowess and military poten- tial. The same rockets that might send a human into orbit or hit a specific spot on the Moon could send an atom bomb to a specific enemy city. Much of the technological development required for space travel applied equally well to wartime rockets such as Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).
Along with other aspects of the arms race, progress in space appeared as an indicator of technological and economic prowess, demonstrating the superiori- ty of the ideology of that country. Space research had a dual purpose: it could serve peaceful ends, but could also contribute to military goals. The two super- SAMPLEpowers each worked to gain an edge in space research, neither knowing who might make a breakthrough first. They had each laid the groundwork for a race to space, and awaited only the starter's gun. The Space Race competition between the United States and the Soviet Union lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the parallel efforts by each of those countries to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to land people on the Moon.
Both nations also developed manned military space programs. The USAF had proposed using its Titan missile to launch the Dyna-Soar hypersonic glider to use in intercepting enemy satellites. The plan for the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (using hardware based on the Gemini program to carry out surveil- lance missions) superseded Dyna-Soar, but this also suffered cancellation. The USSR commissioned the Almaz program for a similar manned military space station, which merged with the Salyut program.
The Space Race slowed after the Apollo landing, which many observers describe as its apex or even as its end. Others, including space historian Carole Scott and Romanian Dr. Florin Pop's Cold War Project, feel its end came most clearly with the joint Apollo-Soyuz mission of 1975. The Soviet craft Soyuz 19 met and docked in space with America's Apollo, allowing astronauts from the "rival" nations to pass into each other's ships and participate in combined exper-
1966 Space Flight of "Luna-9" imentation. Although each country's endeavours in space persisted, they went largely in different "directions", and the notion of a continuing two-nation "race" became outdated after Apollo-Soyuz.
Even at this point of cooperation the Soviet leadership was alarmed at the prospect of USAF involvement with the Space Shuttle program and began the competing Buran and Energia projects. In the early 1980s the commencement of the US Strategic defence Initiative further escalated competition that only
Flight Diagram - Arms of Russia and Lunar Pennant - Luna-9 on Moon's surface. resolved with the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989.
1966 350th Death Anniversary of M. Cervantes
Portrait of Spanish Writer Cervantes (1547-1616) and Scene from “Don Quixote”
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1966 Soviet Far Eastern Territories
Ship “Saint Pyotr” (Bering's expedition) and Map Medny Island (Komondor Islands) and Map SAMPLEof Komondor Islands of Bering and Medny Island
Petropavlovsk Harbour (Kamchatka) Avatchinskaya Bay
Geyser's Valley
Northern Fur Seals, Common Guillemot Colony, Bering Island Kurile Islands
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http://hermitagemuseum.org/
1966 Treasures of the Hermitage Museum, SAMPLESt Petersburg
Golden Deer from Scythian Battleshield (Scythian art, 6th c. B. C.)
Persian Silver Jug “Senmurv” Statue of French Writer Voltaire Malachite Vase (Iran, 5th c. A. D.) (Houdon, 1781) (Urals, 1843)
“The Lute Player” (M. Caravaggio, 1595)
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1967 World Fair “EXPO-67”, Montreal
Sea-waterSAMPLE Distilling Apparatus Image of Atom Space Station “Proton-1”
Soviet Pavilion in Montreal
1967 Heroes of Second World War
Lieut. B. I. Sizov Priv. V. V. Khodyrev (1921-1945) (1923-1944)
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1967 International Women's Day
1967 5th Intl. Film Festival SAMPLE
Emblem of Festival
Woman's Face 1967 50th Anniv. Newspaper “Izvestia”
1967 Fishing Fleet of USSR
Factory ship Refrigerated trawler Crab-canning ship Trawler Seine-fishing boat
Hammer and Sickle and Newspaper Cuttings
1967 International Scientific Cooperation
ISO Congress Emblem Emblem of 5th International Mining Congress
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1967 Victory in World Ice Hockey Championship
1967 International Year of Tourism SAMPLE
I.T.Y. Emblem
Black overprint “Spring - 1967”
1967 Cosmonautics Day
Cosmonaut A. A. Leonov in Space
Rocket and Surface of Earth
“Luna-10” over Moon
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1967 Lenin in Sculpture
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“Lenin School-student” Monument of V. I. Lenin (V. Tsigal, 1949) in Ulyanovsk
“V.I. Lenin in Razliv”
Portrait of Lenin “Lenin - Leader” “Lenin - Leader” (G. and Yu. Nerod) (N. Andreev, 1931-1932) (N. Andreev, 1931-1932)
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1967 Heroes of Second World War
Major-General S. V. Rudnev M. S. Kharchenko M. F. Shmyrev SAMPLE(1899-1943) (1913-1942) (1891-1964) 1967 Marshal of Soviet Union S. S. Biryuzov 1967 Ice “Road of Life” 1967 Siege of Leningrad 900th Anniv of Minsk, Belarus
Driver Crossing Ice on lake Ladoga Minsk Buildings Modern and Old
S. S. Biryuzov (1904-1964)
1967 Centenary of Red Cross in Russia 1967 35th Anniversary Komsomolsk-on-Amur
View of Town - Young Workers
Emblem of Society
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1967 All-Union Exhibition “50th Anniversary of October”
SAMPLEStamps of 1918 and 1967 - Emblem of All-Union Exhibition, Moscow
Label with blue overprint “1-10 October”
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1967 International Sports and Pastimes Events
Draughts-board and Players Throwing the Javelin Running (World DraughtsSAMPLE Championships) (Europa Cup Games) (Europa Cup Games)
Long Jumping Gymnastic Motor Cyclist (Europa Cup Games) (World Gymnastics Championship) (Motor Cycling Competition, Moscow)
1967 80th Birth Anniv. of Gai 1967 Hero of USSR - V. G. Klochkov
V. G. Klochkov (1911-1941) Commander G. D. Gai (1887-1937)
1967 Soviet-Japanese Friendship 1967 10th All-Union Schoolchildren’s Spartakiada
Manchjurian Crane and Dove (symbols of peace) Emblem and Cup of Spartakiada
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1967 10th Anniversary of First Earth Satellite
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First Satellite Orbiting Globe
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 585 mm (23 in) diameter shiny metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses detectable. The surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis, began the Space Age and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. The launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments.
Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome). The satellite travelled at about 29,000 kilometers (18,000 mi) per hour, taking 96.2 minutes to complete each orbit. It transmitted on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz which were monitored by amateur radio operators throughout the world. The signals con- tinued for 22 days until the transmitter batteries ran out on 26 October 1957. Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958, as it fell from orbit upon reentering Earth’s atmosphere.
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1967 50th Anniversary of Great October (1st Issue)
Armenia SAMPLEAzerbaijan Belorussia Estonia
Georgia Kazakhstan Kirgizia Latvia
Lithuania Moldavia Russia Tadzhikistan
Turkmenistan Ukraine
Great October Soviet Arms and Flag The Great October Socialist Revolution (Velikaya Oktyabr'skaya sotsialisticheskaya revolyutsiya) of 1917 was the official name for the October Revolution in the Soviet Union since the 10th anniversary celebration of the Revolution in 1927. Today this name is used mainly by Russian Communists. The term Red October has also been ascribed to the events of the month; this name has in turn been lent to a tractor factory made notable by the Battle of Stalingrad, a Moscow sweets factory that is well-known in Russia, and a fictional Soviet submarine.
Uzbekistan
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1967 4th All-Union Spartakiada 1967 50th Anniversary Soviet Communication
Emblem andSAMPLE Cup of Spartakiada Gymnastics
Ostankino Telecommunication Tower and Facilities Cycling Diving
1967 10th Winter Olympic Games, Grenoble
Figure Skating Ski Jumping
Emblem of X Winter Olympic Games
Ice Hockey Skiing
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1967 Centenary of Karl Marx’s “Das Kapital”
Karl Marx and Title Page
SAMPLE1967 Fur-bearing Animals
Silver Fox Arctic Fox Muskrat (musquash) Sable
Red Fox Stoat 1967 25th Anniversary Feat of Molodaya Gvardiya European Mink 1967 25th Anniv. “Normandie-Niemen” Fighter Squadron 1967 50th Anniv. of Soviet Militia
Yak-9 Fighters and Emblem Monument to Members of of Squadron Defence Organisation “Molodaya Gvardiya”. Soviet Arms and Militiaman
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1967 Nature Reserve “Kedrovaya Pad”
Map of Nature Reserve “Kedrovaya Pad” (Cedar valley) and snow leopard
SAMPLE1967 Space Fantasies
In Space Spacecraft Extraterrestrial Satellite
1967 San Katayama On the Moon Planet of the Red Sun
Founder of Japanese Communist Party (1859-1933)
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1967 50th Anniversary of Great October (2nd Issue)
SovietSAMPLE Crest and Kremlin star “Lenin Addressing Second Congress”
“Lenin near GOELRO Map” “The First Cavalry”
“Students” “Peoples Friendship”
“Dawn of Five-Year Plan” “Farmers' Holiday”
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SAMPLE“Victory in World War II” “Builders of Communism”
“Lenin Addressing Second Congress” - “Builders of Communism”
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1967 50th Anniversary of Great October (3rd Issue)
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Hammer and Sickle, first Earth Satellite
1967 Ostankino TV Tower 1967 50th Anniversary of All-Russia Security Commission
1967 Happy New Year!
Ostankino TV Tower Badge of VChK-KGB (Moscow)
View of Moscow
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1967 Baltic Health Resorts
YurmalaSAMPLE (Latvia) Narva-Jesuu (Estonia) Drusnininkai (Lithuania)
Zelenogradsk (Russia) Svetlogorsk (Russia)
1967 50th Anniv. of Ukraine Republic
All-Ukrainian Soviet Congress in Kharkov
Hammer and Sickle, Industrial and Agricultural Scenes Youth in National Costumes and Monuments
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1967 Architecture of Moscow Kremlin
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Armoury, Commandant Konstantinoeleninskaya, and Trinity Towers Alarm and Spassky Towers
Ivan the Great Bell-tower Kutafya and Trinity Towers
1967 “Unknown Soldier”
Monument “Unknown Soldier's Tomb”
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1967 “50th Years of Communist Development”
SAMPLESoviet Crest and Kremlin TV Tower, Bridge, Computer Tape and Industrial Scene Railway and Jetliner
Ear of Wheat and Grain Silo Microscope, Antennae and View of Moscow
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov (1832-98) acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection, which might later grow into a museum of national art. In 1892, Tretyakov present- ed his already famous collection to the Russian nation. The collection currently contains more than 130,000 exhibits.
1967 State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow – Zamoskvorechye
“The Interrogation of Communist” 1933 “The Sea-shore” 1840
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1967 State Tretyakov Gallery Moscow – Zamoskvorechye (continued)
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“Bread” 1949 “Boyarynya Morozova” 1887
“The Lace-maker” 1823 “The Swan Maiden” 1900
“Aleksandr Nevsky” 1942-1943
“The Arrest of a Propagandist” 1878 “Moscow Suburb - February” 1957
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1968 14th Soviet 1968 90th Birth Anniv. of Ulyanova Trade Union Congress
Congress Emblem Lenin's Sister M. I. Ulyanova SAMPLE(1978-1937) 1968 Heroes of Second World War
S. G. Baikov (1914-1941) A. A. Pokalchuk (1921-1942) P. L. Gutchenko (1923-1942)
1968 Soviet Horse-Breeding
Racehorse Orlov's Horse Budenov's Horse
Arabian Horse Akhaltekin Horse
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1968 50th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces
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Red Star and Forces' Flag Rockets, Tank, Warship and Red Flag
Lenin Addressing Recruits Recruiting Poster Red Army Entering Vladivostok
Statue “On Guard” and Dnieper Dam Meeting of Red Army in Ukraine Poster “To the West” and Belorussia
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1968 50th Anniversary Soviet Armed Forces (continued)
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Rockets, Tank, Rarship and Red Flag
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1968 50th Anniv. 1968 Birth Centenary Soviet Fire Services 1968 First Space Link Maksim Gorky “Cosmos” Satellites
SAMPLEFireman and Emblem Linked Satellites of Fire Services Maksim Gorky
1968 Heroes of Second World War 1968 Solidarity with Vietnam
Commander of Ukrainian Commander of Chernigov Protective Hand and Globe Partisan Division Partisan Connection P. P. Vershigora (1905-1963) N. N. Popudrenko (1906-1943)
1968 Lenin in Documentary Photographs
Lenin Lenin in Red Square Lenin (by photo 1918) (by photo 1918) (by photo 1919)
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1968 Cosmonautics Day
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A. A. Leonov in space - Linking of satellites in space - Venera-4 space probe.
1968 150th Birth Anniv. of Karl Marx 1968 50th Anniversary Soviet Frontier Guard
1968 525th Birth Anniversary Alisher Navoi
Frontier Guard Jubilee Badge
Portrait of Karl Marx (1818-1883)
Ali Shir Nava'i Nizam al-Din Ali Shir Herawi (Uzbek: Alisher Navoiy) (1441-1501) was a Central Asian politician, mystic, linguist, painter, and poet of Uyghur origin who was born and lived in Herat. He is generally known by his pen name Nava-'i (meaning "the weeper"). Nava-'i's best-known poems are found in his four divans, or poetry collections, which total roughly 50,000 verses. Each part of the work corresponds to a different period of a person's life: Ghara’ib al-Sighar ("Wonders of Childhood"); Naivadir al-Shabab ("Witticisms of Youth"); Bada'i' al-Wasat ("Marvels of Middle Age"); Fawi'id al-Kibar ("Advantages of Old Age"). Uzbek Poet (1441-1501)
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1968 International Congresses and Assemblies
Gem and Emblem of 8th Enriching Ground Beetle and Emblem of 13th Minerals CongressSAMPLEEntomological Congress Power Station and Emblem of 7th Rose and Emblem of 4th Congress World Power Conference on Volatile Oils
1968 11th Definitive Issue
1968 P12.5 x 12 3559 1241 2k.
Palace of Congresses, Space Probe “Luna-9” Youth and Komsomol State Arms and Flag Aircraft and Satellite Kremlin and Moon Badge
Soldier and Star Furnaceman Woman with Dove
Demonstration in Red Square Agriculture Postal Communications V. I. Lenin
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1968 1968 Meeting of UPU 90th Birth Anniv. of Sadriddin Aini Consultative Commission
Tadzhik Writer and Scientist Congress Emblem and Postrider Emblem and Transport (1878-1954)SAMPLE 1968 50th Anniversary Ukraine Communist Party 1968 All-Union Youth Summer Sport Games
Athletes and “50“ (50th Anniversary of Komsomol) “Kiev Uprising”
1968 International Sports Events
European Youth Table Tennis
World Handball Games 20th Baltic Regatta 70th Anniversary in Moscow of Russian Football
European Underwater Sports Championships
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1968 19th Summer Olympic Games
SAMPLEGymnastic Weightlifting
Rowing Hurdles Fencing
19th Summer Olympic Games
The choice of Mexico City to host the 1968 Olympics was a controversial one because of the city's high altitude, 2,300m, which meant that the air contained 30% less oxygen than at sea level. Sure enough, the rarefied air proved disastrous to many athletes competing in endurance events. Russia won 29 Gold, 32 Silver and 30 Bronze medals (91 in total) with the USA winning 107 medals. The year 1968 was also extremely important from a political point of view. The People’s Republic of China found itself in the midst of the Cultural Revolution, the attempt to liberalise Czechoslovakia was crushed by Soviet troops, the French government was caught up in student demonstrations and throughout the United States, peace and civil rights demonstrations were taking place. Mexico was not forgotten in this wave of revolution- students and teachers were on strike and held large protest rallies, bloodily repressed at the Square of Three Cultures.
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1968 1968 Solidarity 50th Anniv. of Soviet Lithuania with the Greek Democrats 1968 50th Anniv. of Tbilisi University
Building of Tbilisi University Red Flag onSAMPLE Gedeminas Sculpture Tower “Death of Laocoon and his Sons”
1968 50th Anniversary of N. S. Kurnakov Institute of Chemistry 1968 Stamp Day and Week of Letter
Institute and Molecular Structure Letter and Transport Russian Stamps
1968 70th Birth Anniv. of Toivo Antikainen 1968 50th Anniversary Feat of 26 Baku Commissars 1968 Soviet Merchant Marine
Monument Liner “Ivan Franko” “26 Baku Commissars” Finnish Communist Leader (1898-1941)
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1968 50th Anniversary of Komsomol
SAMPLECavalryman and Order of Red Banner Komsomolers and Order of Labour Red Banner
Komsomol in Building and Order of Lenin
Komsomol and Order of Lenin Komsomol in Agriculture and Order of Lenin.
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1968 51th Anniversary of Great October Revolution
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Order of the October Revolution
1968 2750th Anniv. of Yerevan 1968 Soviet Statesmen
Baku Commissars Secretary of Ukrainian Organiser of Uzbek Statuette Warrior David Sasunsky S. G. Shaumyan Communist Party Communist Party Monument (1878-1918) P. Postyshev (1887-1940) A Ikramov (1898-1938)
1968 1968 Anniv of Nizhny Novgorod's 125th Birth Anniv.of I. S. Turgenev Radio-laboratory
First Soviet Radio-lamp and Radio-laboratory
(Russian Writer) (1818-1883)
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1968 Soviet Nature Reserves
American Bison and Common Zebra Ostrich and Golden Great Egrets Purple Swamphen and Lotus SAMPLEPheasant
Eland and Guanaco Glossy Ibis and White Spoonbill
1968 Soviet Geology
Geologist Prospecting for Minerals
“Tracking Down” Metals Oil Derrick and Geologic Camp
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1968 USSR Resorts
Borovoe (Kazakhstan) Issyk-kul (Kirgizia)
SAMPLEDjety-Ogez (Kirgizia) Borovoe (Kazakhstan)
1968 Awards to Soviet Post Office
International Exhibition in Paris Stamp Exhibition in Berlin
International Exhibitions in Richchon Exhibition in Buenos-Aires Exhibition in Rome
Exhibition in Vienna Exhibition in Prague
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1968 50th Anniv of Estonian 1968 Birth Cent. Worker's Commune V. K. Lebedinsky 1968 Happy New Year
PhysicistSAMPLEWorker with Banner Fir Branch and Moscow (1868-1937) Buildings
1968 Space System “Orbita”
USSR Map with “Orbita” and Receiving Stations TV Satellite “Molniya-1” - Receiving Station
Russian Satellites for Television Broadcasting
Television in the Soviet Union, like all other media, was owned by the state and was under its tight control and censorship. The govern- ing body in the late Soviet Union was "USSR State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting", or USSR Gosteleradio, which was in charge both of Soviet TV and Soviet radio. Soviet TV production was classified into central, republican, and regional broadcasting. Not all channels were available everywhere in the Soviet Union. Many regions only had access to the First Programme and the All Union Programme until after Perestroika. The Soviet domestic satellite system was known as Orbita - in 1990 there were 90 Orbita satellites, supplying programming to 900 main transmitters and over 4,000 relay stations. The most famous Soviet satellites were the Molniya (or "Lightning") satellites; other satellite groups were christened the Gorizont ("Horizon"), Ekran ("Screen"), and Statsionar ("Stationary") satellites. With the right equipment, people outside the Soviet Union who used TVRO satellite television could receive Soviet television programming.
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1968 Space Flight of “Soyuz-3” 1968 Soviet Railways
Electric Train and Map Track-laying Train
Cosmonaut G. T.SAMPLE Beregovoi
1968 50th Anniversary 1968 50th Death Anniversary Belorussian Communist Party N. G. Markin
1968 50th Anniv. of Komsomol
Komsomol badge on banner and order of October Revolution Victory Monument Civil War Hero in Minsk (1893-1918)
1968 Paintings from Russian Museum in Leningrad
“The Reapers” 1820 “1919. Alarm” 1934 “Homer (Working studio)” 1957-1960
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1968 Paintings from Russian Museum in Leningrad (Continued)
SAMPLE“The Last Day of Pompeii” 1833 “A Knight at the Crossroad” 1882
Conquering a Snow Town” 1891 “Lake” 1900
“The Defence of Sevastopol” 1942 “The Celebration in Uritsky Square” 1921
“The Duel between Peresvet and Chelubei” 1943
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1968 Soviet Architecture
Onega Region, House Gorky Region, Kizhi, Wooden SAMPLE(1876) Farmhouse Door Preobrazhenskaya Church (1848) (1714)
Russian Architecture
Russian architecture follows a tradition whose roots were established in the Eastern Slavic state of Kievan Rus'. After the fall of Kiev, Russian architectural history continued in the principalities of Vladimir-Suzdal, and Novgorod, and the succeeding states of Muscovy, the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the modern Russian Federation. The medieval state of Kievan Rus' was the predecessor of modern states of Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine and their respective cultures, including archi- tecture. The great churches of Kievan Rus', built after the adoption of Christianity in 988, were the first examples of monu- mental architecture in the East Slavic lands. The architectural style of the Kievan state which quickly established itself was strongly influenced by the Byzantine. Early Eastern Orthodox churches were mainly made of wood with the simplest form of church becoming known as a cell church. Major cathedrals often featured scores of small domes, which led some art histo- rians to take this as an indication of what the pagan Slavic temples should have looked like. The tenth-century Church of the Tithes was the first prominent building to be made of stone, located in Kiev.
Rostov-Yaroslavsky, Tsaritsyno, Leningrad, Kremlin Entrance Gate Master-builder Street (XVI-XVII c.) (1785) (1828-1832)
Post-war Soviet Union Stalinist architecture put a premium on conservative monumentalism. In the 1930's, there was rapid urbanisation as a result of Stalin's policies. After 1945, the focus was on rebuilding the buildings destroyed in World War II but also erecting new ones: seven high-rise buildings were built at symbolic points in Moscow's space. The stations of the Moscow Metro and Saint Petersburg Metro's that were built during the 1940s and 1950s are world famous for their extrav- agant designs and vivid decorations. In general the Stalinist architecture completely changed the way many post-war cities look, and mostly survive to this day in central avenues and public buildings. However after the death of Stalin in 1953, the social and political changes literally turned the country over. The construction priorities were too affected and as were the architecture. In 1955, Nikita Khrushchev faced with the problem of the slow paced construction of housing, called for dras- tic measures to accelerate the process, and this involved developing new more mass-productive technologies and remov- ing "decorative extras" from the buildings.
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1969 50th Anniversary Soviet Belorussian Republic
Sculpture Composition in Minsk Monument of Second Sculptural Composition (Declaration of BSSR) World War (Reconstruction of Belarus)
1969 50thSAMPLE Anniv of Soviet 1969 Birth Bicent of Krylov Revolution in Latvia (Russian Fabulist) 1969 150th Anniversary Leningrad University
University Building
Russian and Latvian I. A. Krylov Soldiers (1769-1844)
1969 First Experimental Space Station - “Soyuz 4”, “Soyuz 5”
Cosmonauts V. A. Shatalov, B. V. Volynov, A. S. Yeliseyev, E. V. Khrunov.
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1969 Heroes of Second World War 1969 50th Anniversary Hungarian Soviet Republic
N. D. Filchenkov A. A. Kosmodemyansky “The Wheel Turns Round Again” SAMPLE(1907-1941) (1925-1945)
1969 Hero of the USSR 1969 Otakar Jarosh 50th Anniv. of Autonomous SSR 1969 50th Anniversary VEF Electrical Works
Emblem of Works, Bashkir SSR Arms and Symbols Telephone and Radio-set of Petro-chemical Industry Czech Hero Otakar Jarosh (1912-1943) 1969 50th Anniversary International Labour Organisation 1969 80th Birth Anniversaries Soviet Statesmen
Military Statesman Secretary of Ukrainian P. E. Dybenko Communist Party (1889-1938) S. V. Kosior (1889-1939) Emblem of International Labour Organisation
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1969 Cosmonautics’ Day
Space StationSAMPLE “Zond-5” in Lunar Orbit Sculptural Portrait of S. P. Korolev (1907-1966) “Vostok-1” on Launching-pad
Spacecraft “Soyuz-3”
The Soyuz-3 Mission
Soyuz 3 was the first manned launch of a Soyuz spacecraft since the accident that killed cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov on Soyuz 1. That ill-fated flight had been intended to rendezvous and dock with Soyuz 2; now Soyuz 3 with cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi would attempt this goal. Ground controllers were able to bring the two spacecraft within 200 m of one another before Beregovoi took control of the Soyuz to complete the manoeuvre. Unfortunately, while he was able to close the gap to only one metre, three successive attempts to dock failed. Eventually, almost all of the manoeuvreing fuel was expended and the objective had to be abandoned. The failure was blamed on Beregovoi's piloting. The plane crash that killed Yuri Gagarin occurred during Beregovoi's training for this mission.
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1969 Lenin Places
Lenin University Lenin House-museum Lenin House-museum SAMPLE(Kazan) (Kuibyshev) (Shushenskoe)
Lenin House-museum Lenin Hay Hut Smolny Institute Lenin's Office in Kremlin (Pskov) (Razliv) (Leningrad) (Moscow)
Lenin House-museum Lenin House-museum Lenin House-museum (Leninskie gorki, Moscow) (Ulyanovsk) (Ulyanovsk)
1969 1969 50th Anniversary Birth Cent. of Suleiman Stalsky Ukraine Academy of Sciences
Dagestan Poet Suleiman Stalsky Main Laboratory and Academy (1869-1937)
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1969 Moscow Botanical Gardens
SAMPLERose”Clear Glade” Lily “Slender”
Orchid (Cattleya hybr) Dahlia “Leaves Fall” Gladiolus “Ural Girl”
1969 6th International Cinema Festival 1969 3rd International Congress of Protozoologists
Congress Emblem (Division of cell) Emblem of Festival Ballet Dancers in Moscow
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1969 Cent. of Mendeleev's Periodic Law of Elements
Portrait of Russian Scientist D. I. MendeleevSAMPLE (1834-1907)
1969 Centenary Estonian Choir Festival
Estonian Singer Portrait of Chemist D. I. Mendeleev
1969 50th Years of Soviet Inventions 1969 20th Anniversary 1969 Birth Bicent. World Peace Movement I. P. Kotlyarevsky
Peace Banner and World Landmarks Ukrainian Writer (1769-1838) Rocket on Laser Beam, and Moon
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1969 25th Anniversary Belorussian Liberation 1969 2500th Anniversary of Samarkand
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War Memorial in Minsk Registan Square Hotel “Intourist” and Campaign Map
1969 25th Anniversaries 1969 Soviet Ice Hockey Bulgarian and Polish Peoples' Republic Victory in World Championship
Red Overprint “Stockholm 1969” Bulgarian Arms, USSR and Polish Arms and Flag Bulgarian flags, hands holding torch
1969 25th Anniversary 1969 International Sporting Events Liberation of Nikolaev
Liberation Monument in Nikolaev Volleyball Canoeing (European Jnr (European Championships) Championships)
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1969 50th Anniversary First Cavalry Army 1969 125th Birth Anniv Mikhai Munkachi 1969 Centenary of Donetsk
“Horse-drawn Machine-guns” SAMPLE(M. Grekov)
Hungarian Painter Miners’ Sculpture, (1844-1900) Donetsk
1969 125th Birth Anniversary of I. E. Repin
“Barge-haulers on the Volga” “Unexpected” 1870-1873 1884
“The Refusal of Confession” “Zaporozhtsy Write the Letter to 1879-1885 the Turkish Sultan” 1880-1891
“Self-portrait”
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1969 9th Trade Unions Spartakiada
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Running Gymnastics
Spartakiad
Spartakiad initially was the name of an international sports event that the Soviet Union attempted to oppose the Olympics. (In Russian language, there is a certain parallelism in the names: "Spartakiada" vs. "Olimpiada".) The name, derived from the name of the slave rebel leader, Spartacus, was supposed to symbolise proletarian internationalism. The first Spartakiad was held in August, 1928 in Moscow. Eventually the Soviet Union decided to join the Olympic movement, and international Spartakiads ceased. However the term persisted for internal sports events in the Soviet Union of different levels, from local up to the Spartakiad of the Peoples of the USSR. There was also a "Youth Spartakiad". Still another Soviet sports event with this name, Spartakiad of Trade Unions, survived in a number of post Soviet republics, such as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
1969 Birth Centenary 1969 Birth Centenary Mahatma Gandhi V. L. Komarov 1969 Birth Centenary Ovanes Tumanyan
Armenian Poet Ovanes Tumanyan Botanist V. L. Komarov (1869-1923) Indian Liberation Leader (1869-1945) (1869-1948)
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1969 State Museum of Oriental Art in Moscow
Drinking-horn Riton Simurg - vessel as bird with Statuette of god Kanym Statuette of god Bodisatva Statuette of god Ebizu (Turkmenistan 2nd c. B.SAMPLE C.) woman’s face (Iran, 13th c.) (Korea, 8th c.) (Tibet, 7th c.) (Japan 17th c.)
1969 Nature Reserve Belovezhskaya Pushcha
Red Deer and Fawn Lynx and Cubs
Black Stork at Nest Wild Boar and Young
European Bison Fighting
1969 Birth Centenary of S. Sogomonyan
Armenian Composer “Komitas” (1869-1935)
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1969 War Heroes
S. I. Gritsevets E. I. Chaikina Kaunas Resistance Fighters (1909-1939) (1918-1941) A. M. Cheponis, Yu. Yu. Aleksonis, SAMPLE G. G. Boris 1969 160th Birth Anniv 1969 120th Birth Anniv A. V. Koltsov (Poet) I. Pavlov (Physiologist) 1969 20th Anniversary German Democratic Republic
I. P. Pavlov DDR Arms and Flag A. V. Koltsov (1849-1936) (1809-1842)
1969 First USSR Youth Philatelic Exhibition 1969 50th Anniv of Red Army 1969 25th Anniversary Communications Corps Liberation of Ukraine
Arms of Ukraine and Liberation Memorial Corps Emblem on Red Star Portrait of Young Lenin
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1969 60th Anniversary First Russian Revolution
SAMPLEKremlin Stars, Hammer and Sickle
1969 Group Space Flight
Portraits of Cosmonauts G. S. Shonin and V. N. Kubasov (Soyuz-6) Portraits of Cosmonauts A. V. Philipchenko, V. N. Volkov and V. V. Gorbatko (Soyuz-7) Portraits of Cosmonauts V. A. Shatalov and A. S. Eliseev (Soyuz-8)
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1969 3rd Soviet Collective Farmers' Congress
Sculpture “Worker and Collective SAMPLE Farmer” 1969 50th Anniv of USSR-Afghanistan Diplomatic Relations
State Flags of USSR and Afghanistan
1969 Definitive Coil Stamp 1969 Russian Fairy Tales
Red Star and Arms “Vasilisa the Beauty” - “Maria Morevna” - “The Golden Cockerel” - “Finest the Fine Fellow” - “Tale of the Tsar Saltan”
Red Star and Arms (Number on reverse)
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1969 Space Exploration
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Pendants Delivered to Venus Space Stations and Orbits Photo of the Earth and Radio-telescope
Photo of the Earth taken by “Zond 7” Close-up of the Moon’s Surface taken by “Zond 6”
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1969 Soviet MIG Aircraft 1969 Happy New Year!
SAMPLEMIG-23 Fighter Lenin on Red Banner 1969 Technical Sports
Model Gliders Speed Boat Racing Parachuting
1969 Ostankino Television Tower
1969 25th Anniversary Romanian Liberation
Romanian Arms and Liberation Memorial (Bucharest)
Ostankino Television Tower
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1969 Development Soviet Civil Aviation
SAMPLEANT-2 (1924) Po-2 (U-2) (1927)
ANT-9 Helicopter TsAGI-I-EA (1930) ANT-20 “Maksim Gorki”
Tu-104 (1955) Helicopter Mi-10 (1965)
IL-62 (1962)
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1969 Development of Soviet Civil Aviation
Tupolev Tu-144 - Konkordski - The ‘Other’ SST
The Tupolev Tu-144 was a supersonic transport aircraft (SST) constructed under the direction of the Soviet Tupolev design bureau head- ed by Alexei Tupolev (1925–2001). Western media nicknamed the plane Concordski (sometimes Konkordski), sounding like a Russian surname yet still very close to Concorde, to which Tu-144 was visually similar. A prototype first flew on December 31, 1968 near Moscow, two months before Concorde. The Tu-144 first broke the sound barrier on June 5, 1969, and on July 15, 1969 it became the first com- mercial transport to exceed Mach 2, and the fastest commercial airliner ever.
The development of the Tu-144 is claimed to be closely related to industrial espionage against the French company Aérospatiale, which was developing Concorde, although the Tu-144 flew first. When Sergei Pavlov —officially acting as Aeroflot’s representative in Paris— was arrested in 1965, he was in possession of detailed plans of the braking system, the landing gear and the airframe of Concorde. Another agent named Sergei Fabiew, who was arrested in 1977, was believed to have obtained the entire plans of the prototype Concorde back in the mid-60s. The similarity of the Tu-144 to the Franco-British supersonic aircraft was superficially very great, but the differences in theSAMPLE control, navigation and engine systems were dramatic. Just as the Shuttle Buran program was developed as a response to the Space Shuttle program, but was in the end quite different, the Tu-144 was in some ways a more technologically advanced aircraft.
Tu-144
At the Paris Air Show on June 3, 1973 the development programme suffered a severe blow when the first Tu-144S production aircraft crashed. While in the air it undertook a violent downwards manoeuvre. Trying to pull out of the subsequent dive, the plane broke up and crashed, destroying 15 houses and killing all six on board and eight on the ground. The causes of this incident remain controversial today. A popular theory was that the Tu-144 was forced to avoid a French Mirage chase plane which was attempting to photograph its canards, which were very advanced for the time.
The flight of the Mirage was denied in the original French report of the incident, perhaps because it was engaged in industrial espionage. More recent reports have admitted the existence of the Mirage, though not its role in the crash. Another theory relates to deliberate sab- otage on the part of the Anglo/French team. The main thrust of this theory was that the Anglo/French team knew that the Soviet Team were planning to steal the design plans of Concorde, and the Soviets were allegedly passed blueprints with deliberately introduced design flaws. The case contributed to the imprisonment by the Soviets of Greville Wynne in 1963 for spying.
The Tu-144S went into service on December 26, 1975 flying mail and freight between Moscow and Alma-Ata in preparation for passen- ger services, which commenced in November 1977 and ran a semi-scheduled service until the first Tu-144D experienced an in-flight fail- ure during a pre-delivery test flight, and crash-landed with crew fatalities on May 23, 1978. The Aeroflot flight on June 1, 1978 was the Tu-144's 55th and last scheduled passenger service.
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