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πŸ”— White Coke

πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/North American military history πŸ”— Military history/United States military history πŸ”— Food and drink πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Food and drink/Beverages

White Coke (Russian: БСсцвСтная ΠΊΠΎΠΊΠ°-ΠΊΠΎΠ»Π°, tr. Bestsvetnaya koka-kola, lit. "colorless Coca-Cola") is a nickname for a clear variant of Coca-Cola produced in the 1940s at the request of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov. Like other clear colas, it was of the same original flavor, virtually unchanged by the absence of caramel coloring.

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πŸ”— The Buzzer

πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Russia/technology and engineering in Russia πŸ”— Russia/mass media in Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military science, technology, and theory πŸ”— Military history/Intelligence πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Radio Stations

UVB-76, also known as "The Buzzer", is a nickname given by radio listeners to a shortwave radio station that broadcasts on the frequencies 4625 and 4810 kHz. It broadcasts a short, monotonous buzz toneΒ , repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, 24 hours per day. Sometimes, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. The first reports were made of a station on this frequency in 1973.

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πŸ”— Vasili Arkhipov – Soviet Navy Officer Who Prevented Nuclear Strike in 1962

πŸ”— Biography πŸ”— Soviet Union πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military biography πŸ”— Biography/military biography πŸ”— Military history/Maritime warfare πŸ”— Military history/Cold War πŸ”— Cold War πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Russia/history of Russia

Vasily Arkhipov (Russian: Василий Архипов) may refer to:

  • Vasily Arkhipov (vice admiral) (1926–1998), Soviet Navy officer credited with casting the single vote that prevented a Soviet nuclear strike
  • Vasily Arkhipov (general) (1906–1985), Commander of the 53rd Guards Tank Brigade of the Red Army during World War II, twice Hero of the Soviet Union


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πŸ”— Happy Petrov day

πŸ”— Biography πŸ”— Aviation πŸ”— Soviet Union πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military biography πŸ”— Aviation/aerospace biography πŸ”— Cold War πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Aviation/Soviet aviation

Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Бтанисла́в Евгра́фович ΠŸΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΜΠ²; 7 September 1939 – 19 May 2017) was a lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 September 1983, three weeks after the Soviet military had shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, Petrov was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported that a missile had been launched from the United States, followed by up to five more. Petrov judged the reports to be a false alarm, and his decision to disobey orders, against Soviet military protocol, is credited with having prevented an erroneous retaliatory nuclear attack on the United States and its NATO allies that could have resulted in large-scale nuclear war. Investigation later confirmed that the Soviet satellite warning system had indeed malfunctioned.

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πŸ”— Finnair Flight 915

πŸ”— Aviation πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military aviation πŸ”— Aviation/Aviation accident πŸ”— Military history/Cold War πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Finland

Finnair Flight 915 (AY915) was a scheduled flight by Finnair from Tokyo, Japan, over the North Pole to Helsinki, Finland, on 23 December 1987. In 2014, Finnish media reported a claim by two of the flight’s pilots that the Soviet Union had fired a missile at the aircraft, which exploded less than 30 seconds before impact. The allegations came out only in September 2014, when Helsingin Sanomat, the leading Finnish daily newspaper, published an extensive article on the matter. The Finnish Broadcasting Corporation YLE reported on the article on the internet the same day.

When the matter came out, it caused outrage in Finland among those politicians and civil servants, to whom it should have been reported at the time, and it was widely publicised and commented upon in the Finnish media, amidst allegations of Finlandization.

The alleged incident has been compared to other similar incidents involving the Soviet Union, such as the Aero Kaleva in 1940, Aeroflot Flight 902 in 1962, Korean Air Lines Flight 902 in 1978, Korean Air Lines Flight 007 in 1983. Co-captain Kaukiainen said that the Finnair pilots decided to speak out on the matter after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 had been shot down in Ukraine on 17 July 2014.

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πŸ”— The Dead Hand–Soviet semi-autonomous nuclear command and control system

πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Russia/technology and engineering in Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military science, technology, and theory πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history

Dead Hand (Russian: БистСма Β«ΠŸΠ΅Ρ€ΠΈΠΌΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€Β», Systema "Perimetr", lit. "Perimeter" System, with the GRAU Index 15E601, Cyrillic: 15Π­601), also known as Perimeter, is a Cold War-era automatic nuclear weapons-control system (similar in concept to the American AN/DRC-8 Emergency Rocket Communications System) that was used by the Soviet Union. The system remains in use in the post-Soviet Russian Federation. An example of fail-deadly and mutual assured destruction deterrence, it can automatically initiate the launch of the Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) by sending a pre-entered highest-authority order from the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Strategic Missile Force Management to command posts and individual silos if a nuclear strike is detected by seismic, light, radioactivity, and pressure sensors even with the commanding elements fully destroyed. By most accounts, it is normally switched off and is supposed to be activated during times of crisis; however, it is said to remain fully functional and able to serve its purpose whenever it may be needed.

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πŸ”— Night Witches – all-female Soviet aviator regiment WW2

πŸ”— Aviation πŸ”— Soviet Union πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military aviation πŸ”— Women's History πŸ”— Aviation/aerospace biography πŸ”— Military history/World War II πŸ”— Military history/German military history πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Russia/history of Russia πŸ”— Gender Studies πŸ”— Aviation/Soviet aviation πŸ”— Soviet Union/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/European military history

"Night Witches" was a World War II nickname for the all-female military aviators of the 588th Night Bomber Regiment, known later as the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Red Banner and Order of Suvorov Regiment, of the Soviet Air Forces.

Major Marina Raskova used her position and personal contacts with the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin to obtain permission to form female combat units. Combat facilitated and ushered in a reluctant acceptance of women in military, based more upon practicality and necessity than for equality. On October 8, 1941, an order was issued to deploy three women's air-force units, including the 588th Regiment. The regiment, formed by Raskova and led by Major Yevdokiya Bershanskaya, was composed primarily of female volunteers in their late teens and early twenties.

An attack technique of the night bombers involved idling the engine near the target and gliding to the bomb-release point with only wind noise left to reveal their presence. Allegedly, German soldiers likened the sound to broomsticks and hence named the pilots "Night Witches". Due to the weight of the bombs and the low altitude of flight, the pilots did not carry parachutes until 1944.

When the regiment was deployed on the front line in June 1942, the 588th Night Bomber Regiment became part of the 4th Air Army of the Southern Front. In February 1943 the regiment was honored with the Guards designation and reorganized as the 46th Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment in the 325th Night Bomber Aviation Division, 4th Air Army, 2nd Belorussian Front; in October 1943 it became the 46th "Taman" Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, "Taman" referring to the unit's involvement in the Novorossiysk-Taman operations on the Taman Peninsula during 1943.

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πŸ”— Bucha Massacre

πŸ”— International relations πŸ”— Human rights πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Crime πŸ”— Death πŸ”— Ukraine πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history

In March 2022, a series of war crimes were committed by Russian occupation forces in the Ukrainian city of Bucha during the Battle of Bucha, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian authorities said that more than 300 inhabitants of the town had been killed.

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πŸ”— Z (Military Symbol)

πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Internet culture πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Europe πŸ”— Politics πŸ”— Sociology πŸ”— Ukraine πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— European history πŸ”— Military history/Military culture, traditions, and heraldry

"Z" is one of several symbols painted on military vehicles of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The symbol has been used in Russian popular culture as a sign of support for the invasion. Displaying any of the symbols on vehicles in public is illegal in Kazakhstan.

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πŸ”— Soviet Pilot Escapes from POW Camp by Stealing a German Bomber and Flying Home

πŸ”— Biography πŸ”— Aviation πŸ”— Russia πŸ”— Military history πŸ”— Military history/Military aviation πŸ”— Military history/Military biography πŸ”— Aviation/aerospace biography πŸ”— Military history/World War II πŸ”— Russia/Russian, Soviet, and CIS military history πŸ”— Military history/Russian, Soviet and CIS military history πŸ”— Russia/history of Russia πŸ”— Aviation/Soviet aviation

Mikhail Petrovich Devyatayev (Russian: ΠœΠΈΡ…Π°ΠΈΠ» ΠŸΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‡ ДСвятаСв; Moksha/Erzya: ΠœΠΈΡ…Π°ΠΈΠ» ΠŸΠ΅Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‡ ДСвятаСв; 8 July 1917 – 24 November 2002) was a Soviet fighter pilot known for his incredible escape from a Nazi concentration camp on the island of Usedom, in the Baltic Sea.

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