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If you really want to, you can fly to the stars
If you are far from physics, and mathematical formulas have never brought you much joy, then it will be difficult for you to understand the theoretical foundations of aerodynamics.
'We are ours, we will build a new world'
A lot of postage stamps are devoted to their own history of development. After all, Lenin called the construction of socialism in 1918 an 'empty phrase' if there is no postal and telegraph communication in the country.
Something about sports, friendship and world peace
'Oh, sport, you are the world' ‒ the members of the Red Sports International thought and decided to show the bourgeoisie that the proletarians are no worse.
The horses are red, but not dappled
One of the most striking examples of my collection of paintings is a series of stamps dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the famous artist Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
The Russians don't give up
Despite the official boycott of the XXII Olympic Games by the antagonist countries of the USSR, the Olympic capital Moscow hosted 5,179 athletes from 80 countries in 1980.
'We often praise the former, not knowing that we only praise the latter.'
Send a postcard to your beloved grandmother for the New Year or drop a few lines to a friend-today this is a common thing. Moreover, modern e-cards allow you to do all this in just one click.
'Our banner of victory, our Stalin!'
The historical period of time when the sole power in the Country of the Soviets belonged to one person, known as Stalin, is both vivid and tragic at the same time.
The second after the first or the first before the second?
'The Holy Trinity' Lenin-Marx-Engels was the most famous union in the Soviet Union.
When a letter matters
Of course, you can pass a school essay, in which instead of 'painting' write 'zHyvopis'. In that case, the negligent student is threatened with 'failure' (for ZHI-SHI write through And!) and the deprivation of some rights and freedoms on the part of parents.
The Beggar's Pearl
After the wealthiest dynasty in history ‒ the Mughal dynasty ‒ had died out, in the mid-19th century there were many contenders to replace it as the rulers of India.
Point of No Return: Beer Hall Putsch
Looking into the future, you always analyze the past. To avoid mistakes and not to step on the same rake. Remembering the events that took place in the world in the first half of the twentieth century, a wild horror takes hold at the thought that the Second World War may happen again, and the ice killers in the form of the SS will appear somewhere again.
Your Honor, Lady Luck
'For whom are you kind, and for whom otherwise' ‒ this is exactly what can be said about the colossal luck or fatal fate that pursued the famous Soviet hero, Stalin's favorite pilot Sigismund Levanevsky. Moreover, both during his lifetime and after his mysterious disappearance.