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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Porokhovschikov (1892 – July 27, 1941) was a Russian and Soviet military engineer, tank and aircraft inventor from Saint Petersburg, known mostly for the development of Vezdekhod, the world's first tank (resembling the modern tankette) in 1914–1915.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Aircraft, Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War, Amphibious vehicle, Anti-aircraft warfare, Baltic Sea, Biplane, Continuous track, Espionage, Invention, Kyiv, Landing gear, List of Russian inventors, OKB, Propaganda, Riga, Russian Civil War, Russian Revolution, Saint Petersburg, Solovki prison camp, Soviet Air Forces, Tank, Tankette, Twin tail, Vezdekhod, Wheel, White Sea–Baltic Canal, World War I, Zolitūde.

  2. Russian people executed by the Soviet Union

Aircraft

An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.

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Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War

The Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War consisted of a series of multi-national military expeditions that began in 1918.

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Amphibious vehicle

An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian) is a vehicle that works both on land and on or under water.

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Anti-aircraft warfare

Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North and Central European Plain.

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Biplane

A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other.

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Continuous track

Continuous track or tracked treads are a system of vehicle propulsion used in tracked vehicles, running on a continuous band of treads or track plates driven by two or more wheels.

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Espionage

Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence).

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Invention

An invention is a unique or novel device, method, composition, idea or process.

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Kyiv

Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft that is used for taxiing, takeoff or landing.

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List of Russian inventors

This is a list of inventors from the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities.

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OKB

OKB is a transliteration of the Russian initials of "опытно-конструкторское бюро" –, meaning 'experiment and design bureau'.

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Propaganda

Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.

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Riga

Riga is the capital, the primate, and the largest city of Latvia, as well as one of the most populous cities in the Baltic States.

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Russian Civil War

The Russian Civil War was a multi-party civil war in the former Russian Empire sparked by the overthrowing of the social-democratic Russian Provisional Government in the October Revolution, as many factions vied to determine Russia's political future.

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Russian Revolution

The Russian Revolution was a period of political and social change in Russia, starting in 1917.

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Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.

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Solovki prison camp

The Solovki special camp (later the Solovki special prison), was set up in 1923 on the Solovetsky Islands in the White Sea as a remote and inaccessible place of detention, primarily intended for socialist opponents of Soviet Russia's new Bolshevik regime.

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Soviet Air Forces

The Soviet Air Forces (r, VVS SSSR; literally "Military Air Forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"; initialism VVS, sometimes referred to as the "Red Air Force", were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces were formed from components of the Imperial Russian Air Service in 1917, and faced their greatest test during World War II.

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Tank

A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.

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Tankette

A tankette is a tracked armoured fighting vehicle that resembles a small tank, roughly the size of a car.

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Twin tail

A twin tail is a type of vertical stabilizer arrangement found on the empennage of some aircraft.

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Vezdekhod

The Vezdekhod (Вездеход) was the first true tank to be developed in the Russian Empire.

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Wheel

A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing.

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White Sea–Baltic Canal

The White Sea–Baltic Canal (translit), often abbreviated to White Sea Canal (Belomorkanal) is a man-made ship canal in Russia opened on 2 August 1933.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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Zolitūde

Zolitūde is mainly an apartment house neighbourhood (or microdistrict) located in the western part of Riga, the capital of Latvia.

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See also

Russian people executed by the Soviet Union

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandr_Porokhovschikov