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2 unusual facts about Moskva-class helicopter carrier


Moskva-class helicopter carrier

The aim of the ships was to counter NATO Polaris submarines and act as a flagship for anti-submarine warfare.

The operational requirement was issued by Admiral Sergey Gorshkov in 1959.


2004–05 UEFA Futsal Cup

The 2005 UEFA Futsal Cup Final was played on April 23, 2005 at the Spiroudôme in Charleroi, Belgium and April 30, 2005 at the Sport Hall "Druzhba" in Moskva, Russia.

DKW RT 125

After World War II the Soviet Union took plans, tooling and even several dozen personnel as war reparations to MMZ in Moscow (later transferred to MMVZ and SMZ) and to a factory in Kovrov, and produced copies of the RT 125 as the M1A Moskva and K-125 respectively.

Moskva River

The river also flows through the towns of Mozhaysk, Zvenigorod, Zhukovsky, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, and — at the confluence of the Moskva and Oka — Kolomna.

Novospassky

Novospassky Bridge, a bridge over the Moskva River in Moscow, Russia

Wojciech Kowalewski

Kowalewski has a reputation of being an excellent penalty-saver, once breaking FC Torpedo Moskva's Vladimir Leonchenko's streak of 13 successful spot-kicks.


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