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unusual facts about Filin-class guard ship


Filin-class guard ship

Four ships were constructed, two of them were sold to Polish Navy where they served as General Haller and Komendant Piłsudski and the other two were commissioned into the Finnish Navy as Turunmaa and Karjala.


Ivan Filin

Ivan Filin (born March 10, 1926 in Kimovsk, Tula Oblast) is a retired marathon runner from the Soviet Union, who won the silver medal at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, behind compatriot Sergei Popov.

Kh-28

The APR-28 seeker on the original Kh-58 could only target the MIM-14 Nike-Hercules and English Electric Thunderbird SAM systems, although the Filin could recognise other frequencies.

Nueva trova

Tania Castellanos, a filín singer and author, wrote ¡Por Ángela! in support of Angela Davis.

Salyut 4

Among others, observations of Sco X-1, Cir X-1, Cyg X-1, and A0620-00 were published from the Filin data.

Trova

Tania Castellanos, a filín singer and author, wrote ¡Por Angela! in support of Angela Davis.

Yastreb-class guard ship

Similarly the three ships launched, but not completed by the end war, at the Zhandov Shipyard in Leningrad were towed to the former Schichau-Werke shipyard in Kaliningrad for completion.


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