Showing posts with label 1961. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1961. Show all posts

11 September 2014

Gherman Titov - Soviet Cosmonaut

Gherman Titov.
German Titov.
Герман Титов.

Stamp, USSR, 1961.
My collection.

* Gherman Titov (11 September 1935 - 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gherman_Titov

* German Titov - NSV Liidu kosmonaut, pärast Juri Gagarinit teine nõukogude inimene kosmoses (aug 1961).

* Герман Титов (11 сентября 1935 года - 20 сентября 2000 года) — советский космонавт, второй советский человек в космосе, второй человек в мире, совершивший орбитальный космический полёт, самый молодой космонавт в истории и первый человек, совершивший длительный космический полёт (более суток). Герой Советского Союза (1961). Дублёр Юрия Гагарина, доктор военных наук, доцент.
- Wikipedia.

24 July 2014

The Horticultural Exhibition. Erfurt. Germany

The Horticultural Exhibition (1961). Erfurt. Germany.

Esimene rahvusvaheline sotsialismiriikide aiandusnäitus (29. apr - 15. okt 1961). Erfurt. Saksamaa / SDV.

Первая интернациональная выставка садоводства социалистических стран (29. апр. - 15. окт. 1961). Эрфурт. Германия / ГДР.

Postcard, 1961.
My collection.

10 September 2012

Tallinn. Estonia. 1961

Tallinn. Estonia.
Tallinn. Eesti.
Таллинн. Эстония.

Postcard, 1961.
My collection.

1 May 2012

May Day

Greeting card, 1971.
USSR.

Greeting card, 1961.
USSR.
My collection.

17 November 2011

Saxon Switzerland. Germany. 1968

Saxon Switzerland (Sächsische Schweiz). Germany. 
Saksi Šveits.
Саксонская Швейцария.

Postcard, 1968 (?). Germany/DDR.
My collection.

* The Sächsische Schweiz (English: Saxon Switzerland) is a former district (Kreis) in the south of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts were (from west clockwise) Weißeritzkreis, the district-free city Dresden and the districts Kamenz and Bautzen. To the south it bordered the Czech Republic. It is the most mountainous region of Saxony.  - Wikipedia.

* Саксонская Швейцария (нем. Landkreis Sächsische Schweiz) — бывший район в Германии. В районе находится национальный парк Саксонская Швейцария.

Walter Ulbricht.
Stamp (DDR), 1961.

* Walter Ulbricht (1893 – 1973) - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany (1950 – 1971); Chairman of the Council of State of the German Democratic Republic (1960 – 1973).

10 November 2011

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin.
Stamps (USSR), 1981.
My collection.

* Yuri Gagarin (1934 – 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.
Sergei Korolev (on the second stamp) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer - one of the masterminds behind the early years of the Soviet space program.
Cosmonautics Day – holiday celebrated in Russia and other former USSR countries on April 12.

* 1981. aastal möödus inimese esimesest kosmoselennust 20 aastat. 12. aprill on kosmonautika päev. Markidel on kujutatud maailma esimest kosmonauti Juri Gagarinit ja peakonstruktor Sergei Koroljovi (teine mark).

* 2 апреля 1981 года — 20 лет первого полета человека в космос.

24 August 2011

Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Postcard, 1955.

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Stamp (USSR), 1956.

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Stamp (USSR), 1961.
My collection.

* Mikhail Lomonosov (Михаил Васильевич Ломоносов, 1711 – 1765) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet, who created the basis of the modern Russian literary language. - Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, the university is named in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov.