ub6365 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 (edited) Question #14 Born in 1963 and 1970, We are two leftovers from world socialist system. Locating in Moscow, we are still in business as usual. Question - Who or what are we ? Edited January 14, 2012 by ub6365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Could it be : 1. The Eonomics Division of the AN SSSR (Academy of Sciences of the USSR (AN SSSR). 2. The International Institute for the Economics Problems of the World Socialist system. Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Sorry, Hint #1 Two international "organizations" of the same type of activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Hint #2 Our location is: Masha Poryvaeva street, Moscow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 International Bank for Economic Co-Operation (1963) International Investment bank (1970). Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Correct. IBEC and IIB are two financial institutions created for international settlements in world socialist system, in particular by using transferable ruble... Two banks are still in business and provide full range of financial services... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Question #15 We are two... 1. Who are we ? 2. What is our common point ? The first Member answering correctly both questions will be the winner. Good hunt and good luck... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) 1. Konstantin Melnikov and Anastas Mikoyan. 2. The only connection I found is that Melnikov made an exterior paint scheme design for Mikoyan Slaughterhouses Edited January 16, 2012 by ub6365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 It is not Anastas Mikoyan... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 It is Nikolai Tomsky. Both of them designed Lenin's sarcophagus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Correct !! Konstantin Melnikov designed Lenin's sarcophagus in 1924, and Nikolai Tomsky the new one in 1973. The point is yours !! And next question, too... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted January 16, 2012 Author Share Posted January 16, 2012 SCORE UPDATE: 7 points - Christophe 4 points - UB6365 3 points - Hauptmann 1 point - Lukasz Gaszewski Question 16 goes to UB6365.... Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Question #16 I was started in 1933 but my second birth was in 1974. One of soviet leaders called me as "the ... project of the century." Officially I was finished in 1991. Question: - Show the picture of USSR medal, dedicated to me. Edited January 17, 2012 by ub6365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) It is the Baikal-Amur Mainline (Russian Байкало-Амурская магистраль, Baikalo-Amurskaya magistral’, BAM), a 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 5⁄6 in) broad gauge railway line in Russia. Traversing Eastern Siberia and the Russian Far East, the 4,324 km (2,687 mi) long BAM runs about 610 to 770 km (380 to 480 miles) north of and parallel to the Trans-Siberian railway. The BAM was built as a strategic alternative route to the Trans-Siberian Railway, especially along the vulnerable sections close to the border with China. The BAM's costs were estimated at $14 billion, and it was built with special, durable tracks since much of it was built over permafrost. Due to the severe terrain, weather, length and cost Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev described BAM as "the construction project of the century." Medal for Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railroad Established 8 October 1976. Awarded to active participants for no less than 3 years distinguished labor in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railroad. Awarded for distinguished labor at construction sites; and for excellent planning in the supply of materials to work sites. The Baikal-Amur Railroad Main Line stretches for 4300 km. Construction began in 1974 at opposite points and were finally connected on 29 September 1984, a full one-year ahead of schedule. It is made of brass. Approximately 69,000 were issued. Ch. Pics : soviet.awards.com Edited January 17, 2012 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I saw a great travelogue at one point years and years ago that showed how on one of the Soviet RR's... can't remember for sure if it was the BAM or the Trans-Siberian, how they had to stop before going into China, lift the train cars off the tracks, replace the wheels and put them back on track on the other side as the guage of the tracks changes between the two countries. No idea why they didn't just transfer everyone... but I guess they felt it was easier to just change the wheels and keep on going. But it was fascinating to watch it being done. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Okay, found it! Go to Google, type in: youtube trans siberial railway part 1 Click on the first video link at the top and sit back for the ride. Fascinating journey across Russia, Mongolia, etc. In the last third of part 7 (there are 12 parts total) they go into the changing of the bogie wheels. But here's a quick video on that... and more recent I believe: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hbvjVwOtdY Takes place on the border between Mongolia and China. Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ub6365 Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Correct... Point to Christophe. BTW you can see wheels changing also in Brest (Belarus-Poland, former SU-Poland border)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Question #17 Who am I ? I have been : * Prosecutor of one Soviet Socialist republic * Chief Prosecutor of the USSR * Chief Commandant of a NKVD special camp Who am I ? Good hunt and good luck... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 (edited) Question #17 Who am I ? General Roman Andreyevich Rudenko (Russian: Рома́н Андре́евич Руде́нко, Ukrainian: Роман Андрійович Руденко, Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast; July 30, 1907 - January 23, 1981, Moscow) was a Soviet lawyer. I have been : * Prosecutor of one Soviet Socialist republic He was the prosecutor of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1944-1953. * Chief Prosecutor of the USSR Chief prosecutor of the entire Soviet Union from 1953. He is also well known for acting as the Soviet Chief Prosecutor at the main trial of the major Naziwar criminals at theNuremberg Trials and Chief Prosecutor at the Trial of the Sixteen. He held military rank as a Lt. General at the time he served at Nuremberg. * Chief Commandant of a NKVD special camp Rudenko was also one of the chief commandants of NKVD special camp Nr. 7, a former Nazi concentration camp, until its closure in 1950. Of the 60,000 prisoners incarcerated there under his supervision, 12,500 died due to malnutrition and disease. No trial was held. After Lavrenti Beria's arrest in 1953, Rudenko was the judge of his trial in which Beria was sentenced to death. In 1961 Rudenko was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. In 1972 he was awarded the Soviet honorary title ofHero of Socialist Labor. http://en.wikipedia....i/Roman_Rudenko General R A Rudenko Dan :cheers: Edited January 17, 2012 by Hauptmann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Hi Dan, Nothing to add... Perfect answer... You win. :jumping: Your turn, now... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Christophe... if you'll accept, I'd like to pass the honor for the next one back to you. I'm getting ready to head back out the door and no idea when I'll be back or when I'll have time tonight to get back into web stuff. Many thanks! Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Dan, No problem for me... ) Who wants to get the privilege of asking Question #18 ? Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 SCORE UPDATE: 8 points - Christophe 4 points - UB6365 4 points - Hauptmann 1 point - Lukasz Gaszewski Question 18 is up for grabs. If Hauptamann does not ask the question he'll have to sit the next one out....perhaps someone new might try to ask the next one...... Jim Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted January 19, 2012 Author Share Posted January 19, 2012 The question is open to any member......if nobody asks a question by tomorrow, I will set the next one myself. Are we already running out of steam?? Jim :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimZ Posted January 20, 2012 Author Share Posted January 20, 2012 (edited) Nobody?! ok... Question 18 My effort, drive (and some bucks) would single-handedly help create a cyclone that caused the Soviet Union some embarassment. Who amI? What is my story and what was the embarassment caused? Good luck! Jim :cheers: Edited January 21, 2012 by JimZ Edited question number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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