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Project Ichthyander sent people to the sea to live under the Soviet Union
The world's first experiments on human underwater life were conducted in the waters of Crimea in the former Soviet Union.
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Simple technology helped the Soviet Union to build stealth aircraft in 1936
Every country that manufactures military aircraft wants to own stealth technology that helps the aircraft avoid detection by enemy radars.
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The Soviet Union hid the world's largest diamond mine, reserves enough for another 3,000 years
Diamond mine with huge reserves in Siberia, enough to supply humanity for another 3,000 years.
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The most 'astronaut' astronaut in the world: Abandoned in outer space for 311 days!
This astronaut is also known as
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Decode the world's largest transport plane manufactured by the Soviet Union
Powered by six powerful engines, capable of carrying an entire spacecraft, Antonov An-225
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The best Soviet tanks have never been born
The Soviet army has hundreds, even thousands of armored vehicles, including tanks, battle tanks, and self-propelled artillery systems, but many ambitious projects have n…
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Why has the Soviet Union never been to the Moon?
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission, we will talk about the meaning of this event at the present time as well as the role of contributing to the future of s…
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Discover the secret bases of the Soviet Union
Nuclear and biological research centers, underground naval bases, high-powered radar stations and the first accelerator are all the most secretive places of the Soviet U…
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The adopted brother of the Soviet Union caused fascist tankers to be horrified
In June 1941, Ivan Sereda was only 22 years old and a very ordinary Ukrainian. He likes to eat and cook well.
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Soviet-era Russians predicted 2017
The short film from the Soviet era in the 1960s gave predictions about the world in 2017 and some became real.
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The mysterious, inexplicable mystery on the uninhabited island: The Soviet Union decodes but fails
In Barsa-Kelmes island, there were strange, inexplicable things that happened. What kind of big secret is the thick fog surrounding this island?
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Confidential records of Soviet supernatural phenomena
The Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union used to set up a secret project with the ambition to create superheroes. This is the first time that the top secret project o…
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Why did the Soviet Union abandon the supreme Buran spacecraft project of America?
30 years ago, on November 15, 1988, the Soviet Union launched the first reusable spacecraft called Buran.
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The Soviet Union published a top secret Moon exploration program
In 1973, the Soviet Union put the probe system named Lunokhod-2 on the Moon, this device carried out exploration activities on January 16, 1973 to May 10, 1973.
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How did the Soviet Union save the Saliut-7 space station?
China's 10.3-meter long Thien Cung 1 space station is losing control and can plunge into the Earth.