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The launch and the detonation start here: https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1309 https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1309 Clips of nuclear "money shots" are at the end

by osipov 6y ago

The launch and the detonation start here: https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1309 https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1309 Clips of nuclear "money shots" are at the end of the documentary: https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1779 https://youtu.be/nbC7BxXtOlo?t=1779 Makes you wonder how many unreleased "Top Secret" documentaries from the Soviet Union are still on tapes someplace.

mhh__ 6y ago
A lot. I'm more interested in Espionage than the Space Program (I imagine if you asked nicely Roscosmos might give you footage), but to this day there is more material from the KGB from defectors than official sources (and this includes material going back a century). The biggest single dump of KGB archives was from Mitrokhin, who in the burst of freedom after the union dissolved walked off with a few hundred thousand papers he'd copied (The book version is a good read). It will likely remain that way for many years, the Russian Federation is still chekist just as the Soviet Union was before it - those who criticize Putin do not live long.
- nowandlater 6y ago
  The biggest single dump of KGB archives was from Mitrokhin, who in the burst of freedom after the union dissolved walked off with a few hundred thousand papers he'd copied (The book version is a good read). If possible, could you point me to the book you're referring to. I'm really interested in reading this.
  - mhh__ 6y ago
    https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253/25373/the-mitrokhin-archive/9780141989488.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253/25373/the-mitrokhin-arch... The original Russian is classified (Make of that what you will - the British establishment very much did not leave no rock unturned when it came to soviet infiltration), the English is (I think) available online somewhere, and the aforementioned book is a summary of his papers.
    - nowandlater 6y ago
      Thanks very much. Finding a copy from the states seems to be hit or miss. Some searching brought me here though: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/52/mitrokhin-archive https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/52/mitrok... Would you call this a legitamite/equivalent source?
      - mhh__ 6y ago
        Yes. The Andrews book should he available on Amazon or other retailers although you might get raped on the shipping.

by osipov 6y ago

mhh__ 6y ago

A lot. I'm more interested in Espionage than the Space Program (I imagine if you asked nicely Roscosmos might give you footage), but to this day there is more material from the KGB from defectors than official sources (and this includes material going back a century). The biggest single dump of KGB archives was from Mitrokhin, who in the burst of freedom after the union dissolved walked off with a few hundred thousand papers he'd copied (The book version is a good read). It will likely remain that way for many years, the Russian Federation is still chekist just as the Soviet Union was before it - those who criticize Putin do not live long.

nowandlater 6y ago
The biggest single dump of KGB archives was from Mitrokhin, who in the burst of freedom after the union dissolved walked off with a few hundred thousand papers he'd copied (The book version is a good read). If possible, could you point me to the book you're referring to. I'm really interested in reading this.
- mhh__ 6y ago
  https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253/25373/the-mitrokhin-archive/9780141989488.html https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/253/25373/the-mitrokhin-arch... The original Russian is classified (Make of that what you will - the British establishment very much did not leave no rock unturned when it came to soviet infiltration), the English is (I think) available online somewhere, and the aforementioned book is a summary of his papers.
  - nowandlater 6y ago
    Thanks very much. Finding a copy from the states seems to be hit or miss. Some searching brought me here though: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/52/mitrokhin-archive https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/collection/52/mitrok... Would you call this a legitamite/equivalent source?
    - mhh__ 6y ago
      Yes. The Andrews book should he available on Amazon or other retailers although you might get raped on the shipping.