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the first space rover, Lunokhod 1 (eight-wheeled vehicle bottom-right) the first space station, Salyut 1 (left) the first modular space station, Mir (upper left) This timeline of Russian innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia . The entries in this timeline fall into the following categories: indigenous ...
History of military technology. The military funding of science has had a powerful transformative effect on the practice and products of scientific research since the early 20th century. Particularly since World War I, advanced science-based technologies have been viewed as essential elements of a successful military.
The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (Russian: Армата) [8] [9] is a Russian advanced next generation modular heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank support combat vehicle ...
Estonian War of Independence: The Russian Red Army invaded Estonia. 24 November: Béla Kun, a friend of Lenin, founded the Hungarian Communist Party. 29 November: Estonian War of Independence: The Red Army captured the Estonian town of Narva. Local Bolsheviks reestablished the Anvelt government as the Commune of the Working People of Estonia ...
1956 - First launch of PGM-17 Thor, the first US ballistic missile and forerunner of the Delta space launch rockets. 1957 - Launch of the first ICBM, the USSR 's R-7 (8K71), known to NATO as the SS-6 Sapwood. 1957 - The USSR launches Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
In June 2017, the construction of two future amphibious assault ships for the Russian Navy was included in the Russia's new state armament programme for 2018–2025. [46] The cost for one ship is to be about 40 billion RUB ($675 million).
The New Russia Party, founded on 13 May 2014 in Donetsk, Ukraine, [24] declared on its first congress of 22 May 2014 the formation of a new self-declared state named "Novorossiya" [citation needed], inspired by the historical region of the Russian Empire that carried that name. The congress was attended by separatist officials of the Donetsk ...
A timeline of some key events: 1945-1948 — Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula ends with Tokyo’s World War II defeat in 1945 but the peninsula is eventually divided into a Soviet ...