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      US-booklet "our RED ARMY ally"

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

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      US-booklet "our RED ARMY ally"

      Gentlemen,

      some years ago I bought that highly informative 78-page-booklet for mere USD 8,- at my militaria book shop in Vienna.

      At the moment one copy is offered by Andr? Huesken for USD 225,-: https://www.muenzauktion.com/huesken/item.p...c263ec867ad4c15

      Quite a lot of bucks, but I think it's worth the money, because that booklet offers valid and unbiased information about the Red Army in the view of the US-Administration just before the era of the "Cold War", which had been started after Roosevelts death by the Truman-Adminstration and Mr. Churchill.

      In the following posts I will present some scanned pages.

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      Dear Frank,

      I also thought about that, but these poor devils hadn't been "heros" at all, because most of them had been totally drunken :speechless: .

      Well the idea had been o.k., but the planning + action + vodka resulted in a disaster :speechless1: .

      And you mentioned 8 comrades, not 7 .... :rolleyes:

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Hello, everybody is gone for lunch and nobody can see that I misuse the computer.

      My suggestion:

      The gentlemen are:

      Gennady Yanayev

      Vladimir Kryuchov

      Dimitry Yazov

      Valentin Pavlov

      Oleg Bakalanov

      Vasily Starodubtosev

      Alexander Tziyakov

      Mr. Boris Pugov preferred to shoot himself to avoid difficulties.

      All of these gentlemen were members of the State Emergency Committee.

      The were bound together with the coup attempt against Mr. Gorbachev Aug. 18 - Aug.20 1991

      Shortly after that the USSR was history and so there were no more Heroes of the SU

      Have to stop now they are comming back

      Regards Frank :cheers::cheers:

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

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      K-19 :unsure:

      In post war Russia, one particular incident resulted in seven people being proposed for the highest title of the Soviet Union. However, following investigation, they never went on to receive their title.

      Specifically:

      What bound these people together?

      What was the incident that earned them this nomination?

      Why did they not receive the title?

      Dear Jim,

      after the nuclear K-19-incident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-19 4th of july 1961 close to Jan Mayen, I guess, that 7 members of the crew - incl. Captain Nikolai Vladimirovich Zateyev - had been nominated for HSU.

      Well, K-19 bound these people together, but the nominations for the HSUs had been downgraded to RBs with the argumentation, that the preventing of a nuclear catastrophy didn't not take place during a war, but in peace time :speechless: .

      In my opinion, that downgrading had been against the statutes, because also cosmonauts get their HSU in peace time :angry: .

      At least ex-comrade Gorbachev nominated in 2006 the crew of K-19 for the Nobel Peace Prize. Again our heros got no awards, because the "muslim-alternative" banker Muhammad Yunus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus got the prize in 2006 :mad: .

      National Geographic produced a great movie about K-19: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-19:_The_Widowmaker and http://www.nationalgeographic.com/k19/index.html .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Miniatures

      in Southern European & Balkan States

      Posted

      Ranko - It is great to see you on this forum. I have told others on this forum that you and Bjelos had been giving thought to publishing a new guide on YU militaria. Hope that is still on the horizon. I still go over the ODM book you did on Albania. Anyway, hope to see you more on this site! Regards. Paul.

      Gentlemen,

      that's what we need: a guide on YU-militaria and awards :jumping: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Soviet & Eastern Block Quiz

      in Russia: Soviet: Other Militaria

      Posted

      QUESTION #141 :unsure:

      Gentlemen,

      let's stay in the very early years of communist Russia and in the period of comrade Lenin's active leadership :D .

      We all know the RSFSR-"Order of the Red Banner", as Igor offers some of them at his website: http://www.collectrussia.com/showcat.htm?cat=Rep%20Order , as a typical combat award of the early years of communism in Russia (a hint: the question deals only with Russia and not with any other of the socialist republics!).

      Question:

      Besides the RSFSR-RB there had been a range of other combat awards in the very early years of communist Russia. List at least 6 (six) other combat awards, which had been confered frequently in Lenin's era.

      The winner is, who is the first with listing six of these awards :D .

      Happy hunting :cheers: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

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      Happy Birthday Moscow

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

      Posted · Edited by Christian Zulus

      Dear Vic,

      many thanks for reminding us :cheers: .

      Can anyone show us nice scans from the Moscow-Anniversary-Medal and maybe from some nice table-medals :unsure::love: ?

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: At the 11th of september 2007 we celebrate the 130th birthday of the great communist & humanist (children's welfare) and founder of the CHEKA (later: NKVD) Felix Edmundovich Dzerzhinsky http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_Dzerzhinsky :jumping: .

      Just heard that Moscow is celebrating 860th Birthday this weekend, I think we should all raise a toast of Vodka to the great city :jumping:

      Order of Victory

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      Medal for Strengthening Military Cooperation awarded twice ?

      in Russia: Soviet Orders, Medals & Decorations

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      Can the Medal for strengthening Military Cooperation be awarded twice ?

      Dear Christophe,

      why not - it's o.k. with the regulations and statutes of that medal :D .

      At an embassy party I met an colonel with that medal and I asked him for what deeds he got that rare medal. He told me, that he did some important staff-work during one of the large "Warsaw-Treaty"-manouvres.

      So, my explaination, why the MAKS-General has two of these medals is:

      He might have done jobs during two (2) "Warsaw-Treaty"-manouvres :unsure: ?

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      BTW: Many thanks for sharing that highly interesting ribbon-bar with us :cheers: .

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      Miniatures

      in Southern European & Balkan States

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      Dear Ranko,

      wellcome to the YU-section of GMIC :cheers: .

      Sorry for my mistake, adressing your son Marko as "Milan" :blush: .

      I assume, it's a great asset to have such a native phaleristic expert like Ranko Mandic on board :D:jumping: .

      Best regards :beer:

      Christian

      Hi Christian,

      Sinngidunum - a full address is http://www.singidunum-online.com/ - is not owned by Milan, but by my son Marko. I also help him a bit in his numerous contacts with OMD collectors.

      Someone mentioned low prices of miniatures in Belgrade. Those prices are offered by Singidinum only, and there is still some small quantity on stock.

      Best regards to all,

      Ranko Mandic, editor of the magazine "Orden"

      published by the Serbian Numismatic Society in Belgrade

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