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Soviet-era glass tech that could outperform steel

The humble Granyonyi: Soviet toughness in every kitchen Long before high tech composites, the Soviet Union embedded a different kind of glass engineering in daily life through the Granyonyi stakan, a ...
The Sun

The twisted history of Soviet science – human ape breeding, two-headed dogs and a POISON chamber for humans

IT’S been nearly three decades since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the communist nation’s horror history of science lives on. We unearth five of the most terrifying experiments conducted under ...
techtimes

The Soviet Union’s Atomic Mobile Mortar ‘2B1 Oka’ is in Response to the US’ ‘Atomic Annie’

The 2B1 "Oka" is Soviet Union's answer to the US' Atomic Annie gun. They were falling behind technologically, which is why they decided to make their own version. It was developed at the height of the ...
techtimes

Flying High: The Fascinating Story of the Original MiG Soviet Fighter Plane

The story behind the original MiG Soviet fighter plane is fascinating and traces back to the early years of the Cold War and the Soviet Union's quest for military superiority in the skies. The MiG, ...
Business Insider

How Europe's biggest tech campus is growing out of a Soviet-era sock factory

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. In a cluster of industrial buildings on the outskirts of Vilnius Old Town, a series of grey-brown ...