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Osoaviakhim-1
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Osoaviakhim-1 was a record-setting, hydrogen-filled Soviet high-altitude balloon designed to seat a crew of three and perform scientific studies of the Earth's stratosphere. On January 30, 1934, on it
Crash site
Crash site
USSR-1 on a 1933 postage stamp. Here the balloon is shown in low altitude configuration; in the stratosphere the envelope expanded into a nearly perfe
USSR-1 on a 1933 postage stamp. Here the balloon is shown in low altitude configuration; in the stratosphere the envelope expanded into a nearly perfect sphere.
Fedoseenko, Vasenko, Usyskin on 1934 postage stamps. A similar set in different colors was issued in 1944.
Fedoseenko, Vasenko, Usyskin on 1934 postage stamps. A similar set in different colors was issued in 1944.
Launch preparations
Launch preparations
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
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The Kremlin Wall Necropolis is the former national cemetery of the Soviet Union, located in Red Square in Moscow beside the Kremlin Wall. Burials there began in November 1917, when 240 pro-Bolsheviks
Osoaviakhim-1
…the accident from the rostrum of the Communist Party congress; immediately after his brief statement Pavel Postyshev proposed burying the crew in Kremlin Wall Necropolis. Soviet morning papers reported the news on February 1. Western press followed suit; Time magazine, although incorrectly reporting that "there was not…
The tombs of Suslov, Stalin, Kalinin, Dzerzhinsky, Brezhnev in front of the Moscow Kremlin Wall. The tomb of Yuri Andropov, which stands between Kalin
The tombs of Suslov, Stalin, Kalinin, Dzerzhinsky, Brezhnev in front of the Moscow Kremlin Wall. The tomb of Yuri Andropov, which stands between Kalinin's and Dzerzhinsky's, is obstructed by trees. The mausoleum is immediately to the right.
As recently as 1800, the site of the Necropolis was a boggy moat spanned with stone bridges.
As recently as 1800, the site of the Necropolis was a boggy moat spanned with stone bridges.
Red Square Mass Graves
Red Square Mass Graves
10 November 1917. A mass grave on Red Square for people who died in the October Revolution
10 November 1917. A mass grave on Red Square for people who died in the October Revolution