New Year Card. USSR. 1985

Happy New Year!
Head uut aastat!
С Новым годом!

Postcard, 1985 / by V. Khmelev.
My collection

* BAM - The Baikal-Amur Mainline.
* BAM - Baikali-Amuuri Magistraal.
* БАМ - Байкало-Амурская Магистраль.
Postcards from BAM: http://aeliita123.blogspot.com.ee/search/label/BAM

Old New Year card. USSR. 1979

Happy New Year!
Head uut aastat!
С Новым годом!

Postcard, 1979.
My collection

"The Good Soldier Švejk" - 5.

"The Good Soldier Švejk".
"Vahva sõdur Švejk".
"Бравый солдат Швейк".

Postcards (Czech), 1986.
My collection.

* "The Good Soldier Švejk" is the abbreviated title of a unfinished satirical novel by Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923). The original Czech title of the work is "Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka za světové války" - "The Fateful Adventures of the Good Soldier Švejk During the World War" (1923). My postcards are from Czechoslovakian puppetoon version "Osudy dobrého vojáka Švejka" (1986).

Steam Locomotives of Russia

First Russian locomotive, Y. A. and M.Y. Cherepanov, 1833-34.

Steam locomotive of type 1-3-0 series D, 1845.

First passenger steam locomotive of type 2-2-0 series V, 1845.

Steam locomotive of type 0-3-0, series Gv, 1863-67.

Passenger steam locomotive of type 2-2-0 series Bv, 1863-87

Stamps, USSR, 1978.
My collection.

* Cherepanov, Yefim Alekseyevich (1774–1842) and Miron Yefimovich (1803–1849), Russian inventors and industrial engineers, father and son.  In 1833-34 they built the first Russian steam locomotive, and then in 1835 – the second one, more powerful.

* Tšerepanovite vedurid olid esimesed Venemaal ehitatud vedurid. Jefim ja Miron Tšerepanov olid isa ja poeg. Esimese veduri ehitasid nad Nižni-Tagili tehastes 1833. aastal ja katsetasid seda 1834. aastal. 1833. a oli Miron Tšerepanov käinud Inglismaal ja näinud seal Stephensoni vedurit. Inglise insener ja mehaanik George Stephenson oli maailma esimese auruveduri ehitanud 1814. a.