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Post by digit on Sept 1, 2017 22:20:03 GMT 1
Just a small selection of the aviation exhibits at this enormous museum:
81 Red
11 Red
12 Blue
Mi-24
77 Yellow
61 White
24 White
08 Red
42 Red
66 Red
Thanks again for looking, will carry on with Monino, Kubinka etc when back from Sywell.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2017 17:31:09 GMT 1
For anyone who is not familiar with the expression Great Patriotic War, this is what the Soviets use to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 against the Nazis. They never call it the Second World War, even today.
Look forward to seeing the pictures from Monino and Kubinka.(I assume you managed to get full access to Monino, which is not easy!)
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Post by digit on Sept 3, 2017 9:44:52 GMT 1
For anyone who is not familiar with the expression Great Patriotic War, this is what the Soviets use to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 against the Nazis. They never call it the Second World War, even today. I never cease to be amazed by the level of patriotism and respect for the past conflict shown by the Russian people.
If anyone would be interested in non-aviation military shots taken in the major museums I'll post a selection when I've completed all the aircraft shots.
As an indication, the shot below was taken in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces and is just a portion of one of four glass cases containing Iron Crosses taken from surrendering Nazi forces in May 1945:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2017 14:16:36 GMT 1
For anyone who is not familiar with the expression Great Patriotic War, this is what the Soviets use to describe the conflict fought during the period from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945 against the Nazis. They never call it the Second World War, even today. I never cease to be amazed by the level of patriotism and respect for the past conflict shown by the Russian people.
If anyone would be interested in non-aviation military shots taken in the major museums I'll post a selection when I've completed all the aircraft shots.
As an indication, the shot below was taken in the Central Museum of the Armed Forces and is just a portion of one of four glass cases containing Iron Crosses taken from surrendering Nazi forces in May 1945:
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Me neither. It is at a level which we in the UK cannot begin to comprehend, even with our Remembrance Day. Because of politics, we rarely get to see exactly how the Russians suffered at the hands of the Nazis, but I have spoken to people and seen films and photographs from the time and it is really quite shocking. Children are still taught in detail, even today, about what happened during this conflict, I don't wish to take anything whatsoever from anyone who was involved in any way in WWII, especially as Liverpool was the most blitzed city after London, but there was much more hand-to-hand and street fighting in Russia. I for one, would be interested to see the non-aviation photos. |
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