Christian Zulus Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Dear Christophe,due to the fact, that the last question has been really extremly difficult and that you are the founder of the quiz, please put your name in front of mine at the statistics - you have the lead .Will have to find a good one... Back to architecture ? Please not again architecture - it's not GMAC (Gentleman's Architectural Interest Club) .There are so many other interesting topics, i.e., dogs & cats (Lenin loved cats ) and other fields of interest (submarines, rockets, etc.).Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 OK, OK... Will see what I can find and ask... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 Back to basics...Question #148A two prong question :1. Whose uniform is this ?When considering this uniform, and its Soviet awards, one Soviet award (order or medal) is missing, for whatever reason... 2. Which award is missing ?The winner will be the first to answer BOTH questions.Good hunt and good luck... Cheers.Ch.Pic : ? Christophe ? ChR Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Dear Christophe,that "fruit salad" seems to belong to a comrade, who had been rather young at the GPW .What's wrong, that the "Border" is before the "Partisan 2cl".For a member of the Politburo there are too less Lenins and (no!) RBLs.But on the other hand, he has a lot of foreign decorations .... .We see one MM-Medal for long service and the two other medals for long service.So, at least one of the Lenins, the RB and the RS had to be for authentic military merits.No glue, who the owner of the uniform might be - KGB ?Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 (...)What's wrong, that the "Border" is before the "Partisan 2cl".(...)ChristianHi Christian,It is not the Partisan 2nd Clas, but the Leningrad Medal. Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Gosh, I was hoping you'd want us to name them all . . . Let me see . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 4, 2007 Author Share Posted October 4, 2007 Gosh, I was hoping you'd want us to name them all . . . Let me see . . . .Ed,If you answer correctly to the two questions, you can do it, as a bonus!!!! Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 It is not the Partisan 2nd Clas, but the Leningrad Medal. Dear Christophe,sorry .... , it had been my mistake ... .Best regards ChristianBTW: Anyhow, I guess our comrade is a somehow "political" figure ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed_Haynes Posted October 4, 2007 Share Posted October 4, 2007 Help. Maybe I just confuse easily, but:By "missing", do you mean:1- Things worn that aren't on the ribbon bar, worn independently.or2- Things that ought to show op on the ribbon bar (not things worn separately from the ribbon bar) that aren't there.I think I have answers for BOTH options. No clue on the recipient and have no clue even where to start. But GREAT progress on getting a ID of everything (sorry, but that's just of more interest to me ). It is a lovely ribbon bar (I assume you have his medals, Christophe?). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 (...)BTW: Anyhow, I guess our comrade is a somehow "political" figure ...He is...Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Dmitri Timofeyevich Yazov - the last Marshal of the Soviet UnionDear Christophe,that's a very late uniform of Yazov http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Timofejewitsch_Jasow , where he already had his "Octoberrevolution":Well, if you check the ribbon bar with the photograph above, no order or medal is missing ... .Maybe you mean, that awards in connection with Afghanistan - "Internationalist Soldier", etc. - are missing, despite the fact he was strongly involved there - or Cuba ... Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Help. Maybe I just confuse easily, but:By "missing", do you mean:1- Things worn that aren't on the ribbon bar, worn independently.or2- Things that ought to show op on the ribbon bar (not things worn separately from the ribbon bar) that aren't there.I think I have answers for BOTH options. No clue on the recipient and have no clue even where to start. But GREAT progress on getting a ID of everything (sorry, but that's just of more interest to me ). It is a lovely ribbon bar (I assume you have his medals, Christophe?).Hi Ed,I mean by missing that our man has been awarded one Soviet order / medal whose ribbon should show up on the ribbon bar (not to be worn independently), but for whatever reason, does not... When our unknown man will be identified, I post a pic of him with his complete uniform showing this precise award worn at the wrong place in order of precedence.Ed, I have not his medals... unfortunately.Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Dmitri Timofeyevich Yazov - the last Marshal of the Soviet UnionDear Christophe,that's a very late uniform of Yazov http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri_Timofejewitsch_Jasow , where he already had his "Octoberrevolution":Well, if you check the ribbon bar with the photograph above, no order or medal is missing ... .Maybe you mean, that awards in connection with Afghanistan - "Internationalist Soldier", etc. - are missing, despite the fact he was strongly involved there - or Cuba ... Best regards ChristianChristian,Congratulations!!! You got it!!!But... one medal is missing in the ribbon bar. Which one ?As it was not an easy one, I think we will all agree you are the winner, but try to ID the missing medal in the ribbon bar... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Maybe this pic will help to ID the missing medal...Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Thanks for the colour pic .And here the missing medal is ...I already had a look at the s/w pic on it, but over saw it ... .Well, the "Strengthening ..." Medal is a 100 % typical medal for such a soldier ...Many thanks for your congratulations .Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 Question #149Gentlemen,an very easy question:What had Leon Trotsky to do with "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" ? There had been a certain personal link to that nasty publication ... Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 5, 2007 Author Share Posted October 5, 2007 Thanks for the colour pic .And here the missing medal is ...I already had a look at the s/w pic on it, but over saw it ... .Well, the "Strengthening ..." Medal is a 100 % typical medal for such a soldier ...Many thanks for your congratulations .Best regards ChristianBravo Christian,It's interesting to notice that this medal is worn in this manner... For your information, this uniform is located in the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, unfortunately, not in my collection... Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 OSPREY Eastern Front WW II Competiton Gentlemen,OSPREY offers now a quiz (with a easy question ), where the winner gets a series of 4 excellent book from the "Campain"-edition:http://www.ospreypublishing.com/competition.phpThat's the prize for the winner:Moscow: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_deta...r=CAM&per=2Stalingrad: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=T0285Kursk: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P2110Bagration: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/title_detail.php/title=P4784Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Hi Christian,Thanks for highlighting this. But, a pale competitor of our Quiz.... Cheers.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 6, 2007 Author Share Posted October 6, 2007 Question #149Gentlemen,an very easy question:What had Leon Trotsky to do with "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion" ? There had been a certain personal link to that nasty publication ... Best regards ChristianHi Christian,Is it linked to the fact that the author of ?The Protocols?, Mathieu Golovinski, who was living in France, ended up working for Trotsky.Ch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 (edited) Hi Christian,Is it linked to the fact that the author of ?The Protocols?, Mathieu Golovinski, who was living in France, ended up working for Trotsky.Ch.Dear Christophe,perfect, perfect - congratulations to your victory #29 .Matvei - or Mathieu, as the French say - Golovinski http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matvei_Golovinski worked during the Civil War in the personal staff of Leon Trotsky. But I assume, that Trotsky did not know about the editor's history of his former Okhranka-Agent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okhranka ... Anyhow it is a strange and obscure story in history: The author of the most evil and most influental anti-semitic publication in the world worked for the Jewish Communist Leon Trotsky .Christophe, you have now the exceptional honour to post question #150 .Best regards ChristianThat's "comrade" Matvei - or Mathieu - in the year 1907 in Paris:And that's - by far - the best book about the "Protocols ..." by the great Will Eisner: Edited October 6, 2007 by Christian Zulus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Thanks for highlighting this. But, a pale competitor of our Quiz.... Dear Christophe,you are right, the question is completly stupid, as: "What is the colour of the sky, when the sun is shining?".But at least, the winner gets 4 great books (except "Stalingrad" I have all of them in my library - really well made publications with good maps and nice colour plates) .OSPREY-Eastern-Front-quiz: http://www.ospreypublishing.com/competition.phpBest regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 Dmitri Timofeyevich Yazov - the last Marshal of the Soviet UnionGentlemen,our GPW-veteran & last Marshal of the Soviet Union had been fully rehabilitated after his bold attempt to rescue to CCCP in august 1999 with some (completly!) drunken friends:President Putin decorated former coup plotter Marshal Dmitri Yazov in the Kremlin on November 17, 2004. Yazov was awarded Russia's Order of Merit for "high achievements in useful, societal activities." Marshal Yazov works also as a consultant to President Putin ... http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/...279edebba6.htmlhttp://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2004/...1ad2982300.htmlBest regards ChristianBTW: As far, as I can remember, Igor or Dimitry offered years ago the complete diaries of Yazov, he wrote in prison, for sale at a rather moderate price (+ a wide range of more documents and ID-cards, but no orders or medals). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 (edited) Question #150 Back to Berlin, but not for architecture... Next time, maybe... August 1961 in Berlin.Before the borders get closed by the GDR, and the Wall instituted, there were for several days in Berlin a number of rumors and informations about the imminent closure of the borders. But, a journalist played a crucial role by getting the scoop of announcing the institution of the Wall.Before the borders get closed, he first announced "Berlin (...) holding its breath for dramatic measures", a day-lead that made some "noise", and should have warned the world of dramatic measures...He was put on the way of this scoop by one of his contacts who told him "I would advise you not to leave Berlin this week-end". At the same time an important personality arrived in Berlin.Because of all these clues, he has been the first one to get the scoop, to announce the Wall.1. Who is this journalist ? From which media ?2. When did he write "Berlin (...) holding its breath for dramatic measures" ?3. Who was the important personality arriving in Berlin ?4. When exactly did he announce the institution of the Wall (borders closed) ?Bonus 1 : Which car did he have (brand + colour) He used it to check the borders were closed...Bonus 2 : What was the nickname Ulbricht gave to him ?Bonus 3 : What was his state of mind between his first day-lead and his real scoop ?The first one to answer all these questions is the winner.Good hunt and good luck. Ch. Edited October 7, 2007 by Christophe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Zulus Posted October 7, 2007 Share Posted October 7, 2007 Question #150 3. Who was the important personality arriving in Berlin ?Dear Christophe,interesting and compelling question about the "anti-fascist protection barrier" .The important personality had been the Vice President of the USA Lyndon B. Johnson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson , who arrived in Berlin.The rest of the question needs some more research ... Best regards Christian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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