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In the Soviet Union it created a lot of amazing things, but, in spite of a certain country and its isolation the pursuit of absolute self-sufficiency, not all the popular Soviet brands actually appeared in this country. There were many things that have come to the Soviet Union from the West and from the East.
1. "P-1" missile
Rocket in different countries - an excellent opportunity for jokes. USSR and its Western partners, creating a "P-1", almost completely copied the design of its Nazi "V-2". By the way, the missile itself and all the documentation it turned out after the war in the American part of Germany, so the USSR had to work very hard to borrow some of the secrets of the Wehrmacht.
Chief designer of "P-1" was Sergei Korolev. the first rocket design problem was that at the time of development of the Soviet analogue "V2" is obsolete. Therefore, the Soviet and German engineers who worked on the "P-1", it was necessary to introduce into the project a lot of their own ideas.
2. Camera "FED"
One of the first Soviet small-format cameras. In fact, it is almost a complete copy of the famous German Leica 1925. From its European counterpart Soviet analogue inherited reliability and simplicity. It is thanks to these qualities, the camera is so fond of war correspondents.
3. Space shuttle "Buran"
The debate about whether the "Buran" clone of the American "Space Shuttle" raging today. In fact, the ship did not just had to be like, the original intention was to create a complete copy. On this at the time insisted that the then Defense Minister Ustinov. Drawings "Space Shuttle" Soviet intelligence had got in 1975. However, for various reasons, fully replicate the American project failed, and the designers had put forward and implement their own ideas.
Ironically, the Soviet secret service wrongly believeAs if "Shuttle" will be something of an orbital bomber NATO. In fact, the Americans abandoned the treacherous class "space-to-ground" missiles projects still in the 60s, when it started the dynamic development of submarines and nuclear silos with ballistic missiles.
4. "Wait for it!"
Doroguschih in its time toy! There was an electronic game, "Just you wait!" In 1984 and quickly became the dream of every Soviet schoolchild. However, this cost as much as 25 rubles. The essence of the game was very simple. With the ever-accelerating pace and the dynamics of what is happening the player had to manage the wolf, who catches the eggs in the basket, falling from four trays. The game, which was called "IM-02 Electronics," was actually made in Japan. As the basis of Soviet toys took Nintendo EG-26 Egg. But almost all the parts in the toy were Soviet.
5. Car "Victory"
The first "victory" was collected in 1946. For the foundation of the Soviet car then took German Opel Kapitan 1938 model year. Fortunately, at that moment captured cars in the USSR was missing. In fairness it should be added that not all was borrowed from the German "old man." Some ideas were inspired by the machines, ones of the "Lend-Lease" and others belong exclusively Soviet engineers. As a result, the "Victory" was a real grab-bag of different design ideas.
6. Tu-4
The design of the Soviet bomber is almost an exact replica of the plane standing on the US arsenal in the period from 1949 to 1960. We are talking about the B-29 "Superfortress". USSR American planes went during the Second World War. Several of them were destroyed by the Japanese, and so turned to the Soviet territory. According to the Soviet-Japanese treaty, American planes were to remain on the territory of the USSR. It was a great opportunity to learn what they are capable overseas designers.
In the USSR, the original bomber design was substantially modified in view of the analysis of the American experience in air operations in World War II. So, on the plane were installed cannon instead of machine guns, more sophisticated radio equipment, but most importantly - the first in the history of the remote control system.
7. "Zaporozhets"
The first "big-eared" "Zaporozhets" was released in 1969. It is worth noting that the Soviet car quite closely follows the West German Prinz 4, released in 1961. German car was a great success, and not because of its technical characteristics. Simple design and low cost - these are the qualities that have made Prinz 4 German legend.
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