Interesting facts about the Soviet Union

The socialist regime on the territory of the 15 republics lasted for 70 years. All this time, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was known as the largest and one of the most unique countries in the world. It occupied an area one sixth of the land, just as the Soviet Union can be compared in size to this continent, like North America. However, over the years Soviet Union has become famous not only for its impressive size. Country conceals in itself many interesting secrets and facts that have just now become public domain.

For example, did You know that in the great Patriotic War was another Hitler on the Soviet side? It is this name was awarded the medal for military merit the heavy, Semyon Konstantinovich, by the way, committed not one feat. But his name was carefully hidden then perhaps the red army actually had to change it.

The Germans were still able to walk along Moscow's red square parade, only now, their dream came true a little bit different than they thought. In 1944, after the successful operation Bagration, the prisoner was taken up to 40,000 Germans, and it was decided to hold the square parade, showing all the power and invincibility of the Soviet army. This unusual parade lasted 3 hours, during which time the Nazis columns held in Moscow, and later that event began to be called the Great waltz.





Not less interesting was and preparing to launch the world's first rocket into space. The location of the spaceport was hide until the last: in all printed sources been called a fake launch site in Baikonur. And only after Gagarin had successfully gone into space, about the name of the spaceport was replaced with a real. The shocking fact in this story was that the spaceport was made of wood.

 

The most unusual and interesting expression "cowboy office" for the first time uttered by some thief, and it represents, as we know, something is not encouraging. After all, thieves ' vocabulary, the word "Sarang" means a rabble, and accordingly the lights on, not that other, as a Department of the NKVD, i.e. the prison where he was held scientists, engineers, designers and various figures.

 





And in 1983, could start a nuclear war by mistake: inadequate operation of the device. The most terrible war nearly started because of a failure in the system to detect enemy missiles. And, how many times could this happen in the history of the Union, no one knows. A similar case occurred in 1979 in the US, but the problem was quickly fixed and everything was OK. In the Soviet Union to prevent a major mistake was Lieutenant Colonel Petrov, who was then at the control and took the responsibility not to report to his superiors. Of course, he saw and understood all the implications of doing this, but instinct told him that America is unlikely to attack with such a small Arsenal. Many years later, in 2006, the UN presented to the award Petrova for the prevention of nuclear war.

Source: mif-facts.com.ua