Hauptmann

Mathias Rust

He landed on Vasilevski Spusk next to Red Square near the Kremlin in the capital of the USSR.

Sheremetyevo-3. (Sheremetyevo-1 and -2 are two major airports near Moscow.)

Rust's trial started in Moscow on September 2, 1987. He was sentenced to four years in a general-regime labor camp for hooliganism, disregard of aviation laws and breaching of the Soviet border. However, he was never transferred to a labor camp and instead served his time at the high security Lefortovo temporary detention facility in Moscow. Two months after Reagan and Gorbachev agreed to sign a treaty to eliminate intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, the Supreme Soviet ordered Rust released as a goodwill gesture to the west. He returned to West Germany on 3 August 1988.

While doing his obligatory community service (Zivildienst) in a West German hospital in 1989, Rust stabbed a female co-worker who had rejected him. The injuries were life-threatening and he was sentenced to four years in prison for attempted manslaughter and was released after having served fifteen months.

In 1996, he became engaged to a daughter of an Indian tea merchant and converted to Hinduism. In 2001, he was convicted for stealing a cashmere pullover and ordered to pay DM 10,000; the sentence was later reduced to 600 marks. In 2005, he was convicted of fraud and had to pay €1,500 for stolen goods.In 2009 Rust described himself as a professional poker player.

Dan :cheers:

Guys,

I am not in a position to follow and monitor as much as I would like to over the next couple of days as I am busy with some work related stuff. As a result, I would like to pass the question to anyone else, ideally a new member who has not yet participated in the quiz! I am sure someone will take up this challenge and honour.

I think the rules are working pretty well and we have things going. I would however like to propose an additional rule.

When passing a question on to someone else, you are not allowed to answering that question. So basically, rather than sit back and enjoy answering questions, when any participant gains a point but passes the right to answer the question, he loses the right to particpate in that next questions.

Hence if someone takes up the next challenge, I will not be able to reply to that question. Harvey, Hauptmann, as the next two runner ups, do you think that this rule is fair? - If so I will add it on to the rules on the front page.

Jim

I concur.

Dan :cheers:

Bingo! Right on target! Congratulations! :jumping:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydir_Kovpak

It's back in your court Jim.

Dan :cheers:

Okay, Question 25:

I was a legend in the USSR. I looked more like a professor than a fighter.

My awards were:

Cross of St. George (2) (Presented personally by Tsar Nicholas II)

Order of Lenin (4)

Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st Class

Order of Suvorov 2nd Class

Order of the Red Banner

I ended my "military" service in fairly high rank, the insignia of which was delivered to me in a rather unusual way. After the war I continued to serve in key positions of leadership in the part of the USSR where I was born.

Who was I?

Where was I born?

What did I do during the war?

Dan :cheers:

Bravo Dan!

Was it that straightforward?

Indeed Shostakovich is our composer hero!!

Well done!!

Jim

Well, as I said this was something a ran across in one of my previous searches, was already familiar with it but it was fresh in my mind for that reason. Just happened to be the right question at the right time.

Truly a fascinating story full of sacrifice.

Here's the reference I ran across during the other search which goes into more detail. It's amazing what they had to do to perform this in Leningrad the first time.

http://www.imdb.com/search/text?realm=name&field=bio&q=Frontline

Dan :cheers:

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich

Seventh Symphony (Leningrad Symphony)

27 December 1941

http://en.wikipedia....ri_Shostakovich

Awards:

Soviet Union

Hero of Socialist Labor (1966)

Order of Lenin (1946, 1956, 1966)

Order of the October Revolution (1971)

Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1940

Order of Friendship of Peoples (1972)

People's Artist of the USSR (1954)

Lenin Prize (1958)

State Stalin Prize in arts (1941, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1949, 1949, 1950, 1952)

Finland

Sibelius Award (1958)

United States

Oscar nomination for Khovanshchina, Best Score (Musical) in 1961

United Kingdom

Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society (1966)

Austria

Decoration for Services to the Republic of Austria in Silver (1967)

Denmark

Sonning Award (1974)

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=6xlqsXlapK8

Funny thing is, I'd actually found a reference to him and this symphony while I was searching for the answer to the question about the double amputee hero who was well known in Leningrad.

Dan :cheers:

You've nailed it for question #1! Congratulations!

Here's a link to more information on this unit, it's history, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernsp%C3%A4hlehrkompanie_200

You've the honor of asking the next question. :jumping:

Before that, here's the score:

The score is presently as follows:

1 point - Naxos

It's in your court... fire away when ready.

Dan :cheers:

Dan :cheers:

Just arrived today... here's the scans:

I should add that our unit "keeps an eye on things" too.

Dan :cheers:

Paul has had a long, tiring day at work so he requested I kick things off with the first question.

I'm a long distance scout and as such am a member of a highly specialized unit of the German Army. Our beret insignia is an eagle with a set of lightning bolts in its claws, dropping down in front of crossed lances.

What is the name (in German and in English) of my unit and what is it's motto?

Dan :cheers:

After discussing this with Paul and seeing as how quizzes have opened in several sections of GMIC I felt I'd give it a try here as well in the hope that it would get some things moving here and add a bit of excitement to the section and Paul agrees.

The Soviet Quiz, started by Christophe ran for a few years since 2006 and was extremely active and a great success. It did however die down over time due to a number of reasons:

- Questions asked were at times too complicated as they required composite multi-answer replies;

- Questions at times covered areas that were way too obscure and therefore they limited the number of possible respondents severely and thus slowed down the tempo of the quiz;

- Members would post questions without bothering to follow up on their queries;

- Members would be too busy to set questions and not pass these on to other members when they could not reply.

The rules were as follows:

All Forum members are eligible to participate, but there needs to be a few ground (and "classical") rules so there is no confusion among Forum members.

1. Discuss only one trivia item at a time so as not to confuse what is being discussed with other Forum members.

2. Once a Forum member guesses the correct trivia question, that member can then post their trivia question. Or if they wish can pass it on to another Forum member. [PROPOSED ADDITION - IF THE QUESTION IS NOT SET WITHIN 48 HOURS OF REPLY THE NEXT QUESTION WILL INSTEAD BE ASKED BY A QUIZ HOST]

In line with this please consider that as a participant, you should consider coming up with a question or two (or more) to keep handy should you win which will help keep the momentum going.

3. To ensure we keep this thread friendly, there should be no heckling, bantering, quarreling or arguing with another person when he or she does not correctly answer the trivia question. Never forget we are amongst Gentlemen and Ladies.

4. The trivia question must have a connection to something in post 1945 (Post WW2) Germany (however not DDR as that is in it's own section) ie: from post 1945 up to the present day, as it is the purpose of this section. [PROPOSED ADDITION - THE QUESTION MUST HAVE A CLEAR ANSWER - A DATE, AN EVENT, A STORY - IT SHOULD NOT HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS BUT SHOULD ENCOURAGE ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND TO THE ANSWER. QUIZ HOSTS MAY REQUEST A MEMBER TO NARROW DOWN THE SCOPE OF THE QUESTION IF TOO MUCH INFORMATION IS REQUESTED. QUESTIONS SHOULD ALSO NOT BE TOO OBSCURE AND SHOULD BE READILY RESEARCHABLE (primarily on the web) WITHOUT TOO MUCH DIFFICULTY]

5. When the question is answered, the original poster should give [ADDITIONAL] background about the fact, the person, the item in question [WHEN CONFIRMING THE REPLY AS CORRECT].

6. [ADDITIONAL RULE: IF IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE PERSON ASKING THE QUESTION WILL BE AWAY FOR A NUMBER OF DAYS, HE IS TO INDICATE THIS AND TO PASS THE ANSWER TO ONE OF THE HOSTS OR ANOTHER MEMBER THUS ENSURING THAT UPON CORRECT REPLY, THE QUIZ MAY PROCEED]

Should anyone have further suggestions that will make the game more accessible and easier to play, please go ahead - This is the time and place for such suggestions.

Dan and Paul :cheers:

A quick shameless plug here if you don't mind. After consulting with Jim I've decided to implement the same type of quiz over in the Cinema Forum. I hope any of you who love movies/television will check it out and participate there as well. It'll give you yet another chance to compete and win not to mention (I hope) learning new facts you may not have known before, as well as discovering new programs or films you may not have seen but may be interested in watching.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/50561-cinema-quiz/

As you'll see we've had our first question and correct answer... so the ball is rolling! Hope to see you there!

Best of luck! :jumping:

Dan :cheers:

Congratulations Jim! You nailed it! :jumping:

I know you have a question waiting in the wings and can't wait to see what it is.

Dan :cheers:

Like a gunslinger from the American old west, I'm famous for fighting a duel at high noon during the GPW. Who am I and what is the story of the duel?

Dan :cheers:

Okay, I too may be wrong but I'm going to take a crack at it.

I'm pretty sure the leader is:

General Mikhail Frunze

One of the Republics (again pretty sure) is:

Khorezm People’s Soviet Republic (later the Khorezm SSR) was created out of the territory of the old Khanate of Khiva, before in 1924 it was finally incorporated into the Soviet Union, with the former Khanate divided between the new Turkmen SSR and Uzbek SSR. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these becameTurkmenistan and Uzbekistan respectively.

Bukharan People's Soviet Republic (Russian: Бухарская Народная Советская Республика, Bukharskaya Narodnaya Sovetskaya Respublika) was a short-lived Soviet state which governed the former Emirate of Bukhara during the period immediately following the Russian Revolution from 1920-1925. In 1924 its name was changed to the Bukharan Soviet Socialist Republic (Bukharan SSR; Russian: Бухарская Социалистическая Советская Республика). After the redrawing of regional borders, its territory was divided up mostly to Uzbek SSR with minor territories included to Turkmen SSR.

Dan :cheers:

The Red Banner Baltic Fleet (Krasnoznamyonnyy Baltiyskiy Flot, KBF)

Dan :cheers:

Could it be the Cruiser Varyag?

There was a movie made about her.

There is a monument to her in Scotland.

There have been several Russian/Soviet ships by that name all the way to the aircraft Carrier (bigger cousin?).

Not sure about songs and cartoons... and been trying to find out but it's been a long day, I'm very tired and going to fix and eat dinner and hit the bed. So figured I'd go for broke in case I've got it... if not will keep trying tomorrow if no one has figured it out by then.

Dan :cheers:

Very sorry... thought I'd posted a link here to the other thread but guess it fell by the wayside.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/48783-ww1-ek-2-with-original-award-document/page__hl__document__fromsearch__1

Dan :cheers:

Tributes to Lyudmila:

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

A speech she gave:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDO6n7GuslA&feature=related

This one is still a good shot!

http://www.youtube.c...feature=related

Dan :cheers:

Also here's a link to more info:

http://www.vincelewis.net/sniper.html

But if you do a search on her there's tons out there.

Also, re: the presentation I also would have accepted an engraved Colt 1911 that was presented to her by Union leaders from Colt's factory in Hartford Connecticut.

Dan :cheers:

Congrats Jim on another victory!

Sorry to say the ink still wasn't dry. I just knew as soon as I made it that little bit more specific someone would get it, that's why I tried to be a bit vague. Guess I'm just not so hot in coming up with good questions... sigh. I tried.

Anyhoo, it's back in your court for #13.

Dan :cheers:

Okay but in the case of someone like Beria he's so far over 300... why would I pick such a low figure?

However... to get things back on a (hopefully!) totally even keel:

I killed (officially) 309 men and never expressed any regret for doing so... it was all in the line of duty.

Who am I?

In what branches of the service was in in? I volunteered for one but ended up in another.

What was presented to me and who was it presented by?

What two famous and important individuals did I meet?

Where am I now?

Hope this is a bit better... trying to not make it "too" easy as my last one was answered before the "ink" was dry.

Good luck all!

Dan :cheers:

I killed over 300 men and never expressed any regret for doing so... it was all in the line of duty.

Who am I?

In what branch or branches of the service was in in?

What was presented to me and who was it presented by?

What two famous and important individuals did I meet?

Where am I now?

Good luck!

Dan :cheers: