{"id":780,"date":"2012-11-05T21:21:28","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T02:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/?p=780"},"modified":"2012-11-05T21:24:11","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T02:24:11","slug":"%d0%b2%d0%b4%d0%bd%d1%85-%d1%81%d1%81%d1%81%d1%80-%d0%ba%d0%be%d1%81%d0%bc%d0%be%d1%81","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/?p=780","title":{"rendered":"\u0412\u0414\u041d\u0425 \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420 \u041a\u041e\u0421\u041c\u041e\u0421 \u041f\u0410\u0412\u0418\u041b\u042c\u041e\u041d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The “Cosmos” Pavilion, VDNKh, Moscow, USSR\/”\u041a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0441” \u043f\u0430\u0432\u0438\u0438\u044c\u043e\u043d, \u0412\u0414\u041d\u0425, \u041c\u043e\u0441\u043a\u0432\u0430, \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420, 1988<\/p><\/div>\n

A few months ago, while looking for something else, my partner came across a set of postcards I bought in the Soviet Union in 1988. They’ve been sitting on my desk ever since, waiting to be scanned, uploaded, and explained. I bought them on the penultimate day of my trip, when I made a solo journey out to VDNKh, or the Exhibition of Achievements of the National Economy (\u0412\u0414\u041d\u0425,\u00a0\u0412\u044b\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0430 \u0414\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u041d\u0430\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0425\u043e\u0437\u044f\u0439\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0430), in the northern suburbs of Moscow. At the time, VDNKh was a massive exhibition grounds dedicated to celebrating the technological and economic of accomplishments of the Soviet government and states. Anyone who has been to a World Expo would have no difficult recognizing the purpose and organization of the grounds—dramatic vistas, state pavilions subsumed into a national narrative, folk music and costumes at every corner, heavy emphasis progress in science and technology. It would’ve been a nice lesson in state propaganda had I not already been immersed in it for weeks. I spent my afternoon in the Cosmos Pavilion (except when I was outside listening to music and eating bubliki, which for some reason weren’t available in Leningrad). I was practically pulsating with energy, a far cry from my usual state of melancholy that summer. It was my first opportunity to see real spacecraft and I was going to do it even if it meant navigating the Metro solo. That the spacecraft happened to be Soviet didn’t matter at all to me. At least,\u00a0I don’t remember sorting out the exhibits in the Space Pavilion in terms of US vs. USSR, Us vs. Them. I was just excited to see real satellites and a bit awed by their size. A few of the postcards and their captions (click on the images for a larger view):<\/p>\n

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A citizen of the USSR Yuri Gagarin, the first man to orbit the earth in a space flight\/The carrier rocket of the “Vostok” space ship\/\/\u041f\u0435\u0440\u0432\u044b\u0439 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u043e\u043d\u0430\u0432\u0442–\u0433\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0434\u0430\u043d\u0438\u043d \u0421\u0421\u0421\u0420 \u042e. \u0410. \u0413\u0430\u0433\u0430\u0440\u0438\u043d. \u0420\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0430 \u043a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0431\u0435\u043b\u044f “\u0412\u043e\u0441\u0442\u043e\u043a”<\/p><\/div>\n

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The “Cosmos-1514” specialised biological satellite for the comprehensive study of animals and plants\/\/\u0421\u043f\u0435\u0446\u0438\u0430\u043b\u0438\u0437\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0431\u0438\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0433\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a “\u041a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0441-1514” \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043a\u043e\u043c\u043f\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0438\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u0436\u0438\u0432\u043e\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0445 \u0438 \u0440\u0430\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439<\/p><\/div>\n

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The “Lunakhod-2” remote-controlled lunar exploration vehicle transmitted 80,000 pictures of the lunar surface to the Earth\/\/\u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439 \u0441\u0430\u043c\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0430\u043f\u043f\u0430\u0440\u0430\u0442 “\u041b\u0443\u043d\u043e\u0445\u043e\u0434-2” \u043f\u0435\u0440\u0435\u0434\u0430\u043b \u043d\u0430 \u0417\u0435\u043c\u043b\u044e 80 \u0442\u044b\u0441\u044f\u0447 \u0438\u0437\u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0436\u0435\u043d\u0438\u0439 \u043b\u0443\u043d\u043e\u0439 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0445\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Salyut long-term orbital station, docked with a “Soyuz” spaceship and a Progress cargo spacecraft, in flight\/\/\u0414\u043e\u043b\u043f\u043e\u0432\u0440\u0435\u043c\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u043e\u0440\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0430\u043b\u044c\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0438\u044f “\u0421\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442”, \u0441\u043e\u0441\u0442\u044b\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441 \u043a\u043e\u0440\u0430\u0431\u043b\u0435\u043c “\u0421\u043e\u044e\u0437” \u0438 \u0433\u0440\u0443\u0437\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0437\u043e\u043c “\u041f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u0440\u0435\u0441\u0441” \u0432 \u043f\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0442\u0435<\/p><\/div>\n

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The “Cosmos-1500” artificial satellite of the earth for studying the World Ocean and the land surface; the “Luna-24” automatic interplanetary station delivered samples of moon rock to the Earth\/\/\u0418\u0441\u0441\u0443\u0441\u0442\u0432\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u043f\u0443\u0442\u043d\u0438\u043a \u0417\u0435\u043c\u043b\u0438 “\u041a\u043e\u0441\u043c\u043e\u0441-1500” \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0438\u0441\u0441\u043b\u0435\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043d\u0438\u044f \u041c\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0433\u043e \u043e\u043a\u0435\u0430\u043d\u0430 \u0438 \u043f\u043e\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0445\u043d\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0443\u0448\u0438; \u0410\u0432\u0442\u043e\u043c\u0430\u0442\u0438\u0447\u0435\u0441\u043a\u0430\u044f \u043c\u0435\u0436\u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0435\u0442\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0430\u043d\u0446\u0438\u044f “\u041b\u0443\u043d\u0430-24” \u043e\u0431\u0435\u0441\u043f\u0435\u0447\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u0434\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0430\u0432\u043a\u0443 \u043e\u0431\u0440\u0430\u0437\u0446\u043e\u0432 \u043b\u0443\u043d\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0433\u0440\u0443\u043d\u0442\u0430<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, while looking for something else, my partner came across a set of postcards I bought in the Soviet Union in 1988. They’ve been sitting on my desk ever since, waiting to be scanned, uploaded, and explained. I bought them on the penultimate day of my trip, when I made a solo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ephemera","category-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/780\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/astronomy.snjr.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}