Christophe Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Jim, Bravo !!! Congrats to be shared with ub6365.. Ch.
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 And that is his picture - He was Non-Russian as he was born in Lithuania.
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Yep crossed posts!!! I'll wait for UB6365 to confirm the victory...... I had him yesterday but for some reason I did not consider him! Mention of the double HSU brought him to mind straight away and the numbers suddenly made sense. This was indeed a challenge and if my answer was correct, UB6365 does indeed deserve to be congratulated for the subject he chose!!! Jim :cheers:
Gunner 1 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 I had considered him earlier, but the statement that he was not Russian is somewhat misleading as, if I am not mistaken, when he was born in 1902 his country did not exist as a independent country but, rather was part of Russia. Gunner 1
Christophe Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Jim, You well deserve your first rank in the Quiz !! Ch.
ub6365 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) BINGO I am not Russian , I am Jude I was born not in Soviet Union or Russian Federation, I was born in Lietuva, part of tsarist Russia Numbers 29 and 5 are very important to me, My first medal of HSU has #29, second #5 I participated in many wars and battles but not in the biggest one. Spain, Mongolia, Finland, but not WW2 In one place I was 1 of 5000, in other 1 of 57000. Soviet Union sent 5000 people to Spain in 1937 and 57000 to Mongolia in 1939 In Mongolia my chief commander was Zhukov G.K. who later received two orders of Victory. I am hero of documentary film “General Douglas” (1979) I was executed without trial under the personal order of Lavrentiy Beria in 1941 In Spain, Herman Goering personally offered premium/prize of 1 Million Reich mark for my life. Hints 6 and 7: no comments I am Jakov Smushkevich Edited October 7, 2011 by ub6365
Christophe Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 Bravo ub6365, I was completely mistaken, looking at Poland, with Katyn and Rokossovsky... Well done !! Ch.
Gunner 1 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 'Jude' or 'Jewish' is not a nationality; it is a religion. That is why they were referred to as Russian Jews or Polish Jews, etc. Gunner 1
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Gunner 1 may have a bit of a point as most of Lithuania was annexed to the Russian empire at the time. That distinction went over my head. However UB6535 also has very much of a point. You will probably find that on his internal documents Smuskevich may very well had "Jew" as his NATIONALITY . It was that way even in the post-war Soviet Union. Politically incorrect by today's standards but a fact of the Soviet Union! Jim :cheers:
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) If I may add, I do not know if this was practice in Imperial Russia but it definitely happened in the USSR. Edited October 7, 2011 by JimZ
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Jim, You well deserve your first rank in the Quiz !! Ch. Thanks for the comment Christophe. I am flattered! However in my books anyone who can get a couple of questions deserves credit as most of them pose much of a challenge to us all!! Jim :cheers:
Christophe Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 You are correct. When the Soviet Union counts war casualties by nationality, "Jew" is one of them. But, it is true that according to our standards, this is not a nationality... Ch.
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Its all semantics!! This must be the question that generated the most replies and comments!!! to UB6365 Jim :cheers:
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 Scoreboard update!!! 19 points - JimZ 15 points - Harvey 10 points - Hauptmann 5 points - Gunner 1 4 points - Christophe 3 points - Valter 2 points - kapten_windu 1 point - Tachel 1 point - UB6365 I'll set the next question as soon as I can and at latest by tomorrow!!! Jim
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 (edited) Still exhausted from the previous one....!!! However, seeing the participation that there was on the quiz this evening I want to keep things going. Question 60 This is a photo I snapped on my cell phone a few years ago. This is one of a complex of (rather nondescript) buildings that is well guarded and access to it is restricted to most. Had I not known what it was, (and that is why I was there) I might have simply passed it by. And yet it houses some well kept secrets which seem to flow out from time to time. What is the place? .....Where is it located?....... What is the nature of the secrets that I refer to? Good luck!!! Jim Edited October 7, 2011 by JimZ
ub6365 Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 ГРУ Главное Разведывательное Управление Советской Армии
JimZ Posted October 7, 2011 Author Posted October 7, 2011 UB6365 is refering to GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye or the Military Intelligence Directorate of the Soviet Army. You are probably right about secrets flowing out of there sometimes!! But its another building and the secrets are of a different nature...they are more accessible than GRU secrets!!! Remember that the answer is in three parts 1) What is the place? 2) Where is it located? 3) What is the nature of the secrets that I refer to? Jim :cheers:
TacHel Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 How the H are we supposed to get this???? Use Google Street View for the entire planet?
TacHel Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 It's where they keep the colonel's secret recipe?
TacHel Posted October 7, 2011 Posted October 7, 2011 It's where Elvis is hiding? Honestly... How on Earth can anybody get the correct answer unless they've actually been there?
ub6365 Posted October 8, 2011 Posted October 8, 2011 I would say: - it's somewhere in Russia or former SU (blue post box) - somewhere in Eastern part of Russia (plz mark Toyota RAV4 with right hand drive) - something related to defense (entry point style) - research or analytic facility, but not regular military unit (8 story building) ........
JimZ Posted October 8, 2011 Author Posted October 8, 2011 (edited) TacHel's none of your replies are correct. UB6535 is however on the right track showing us how the game should be played. - it's somewhere in Russia or former SU (blue post box) - YES - very much so... Russia - somewhere in Eastern part of Russia (plz mark Toyota RAV4 with right hand drive) - see above. - something related to defense (entry point style) - YES - I'd say it does - research or analytic facility, but not regular military unit (8 story building) - YES - this is not a regular military building The secrets in this place are accessible to anyone who knows how to get to them.... Jim Edited October 8, 2011 by JimZ
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