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    Belaruski

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    1. This is a rather rare cap. It's the cap of a Belarusian admiral. Belarus is landlocked, but the border troops who patrol Belarusian rivers and lakes wear naval uniform, hence this unusual cap! It's typical late Soviet style, but with Belarusian insignia buttons etc. Something you don't see everyday!

    2. Thanks Christian, sorry for the late response, I've only just seen your comment!

      I only have these, and a KV1 at my mothers house, but hopefully in a few years I can push my son in this direction!

    3. Christian, the small boy is my son Aleksandr in a bezkozirka. And that colonel is in MVD uniform, maybe an NKVD internal security veteran or ex border guard who went on into the militia after the war??

      Here's Lukashenko greeting veterans yesterday in Minsk.

    4. Incorrect, but the clue is indeed a hint to the Kursk.

      Vidayevo (particularly the Ara Bay) was the home base of the now lost K-141 Kursk, In 2000 the Kursk's crew's families gathered in the naval base of Vidayevo near Murmansk waiting for news of their missing. The town is a closed one with a big naval base.

      It is also named after submarine commander Fyodor Vidayev, who's submarine the P-422 was lost with all hands in 1943.

      It is Vidayev and his men who would have been the toughest nails in the world..

      Quick passage about Vidayevo:

      "The town was named after Fyodor Vidyaev, an impoverished trawlerman from the Volga region who became a legend during the Second World War as a fearless submarine captain. On April 8, 1942, his boat was severely damaged by a German destroyer, and Vidyaev attempted to limp home on the surface. With no power, he ordered the crew to stitch together a sail, tying it between the deck and the raised periscope. Unable to reach land, just as the crew was preparing to scuttle the submarine, they were rescued by another Soviet ship. After further combat patrols, each of them notching up successes against German shipping, in the summer of 1943 Vidyaev's Shch-422 submarine was lost with all hands. In the skilled words of Stalin's propagandists, Vidyaev made for a potent legend: the young fisherman from the south whose cunning and courage swung the battle in the Arctic against the Nazis".

      Not sure if his sub was a P or Ssch I've seen both used, but definately number 422! Also depending on translation Vidyaev or Vidayev.

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