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In 1957 the Soviet Union (USSR - the name of the then group of communist countries Russia and the other countries of the Russian-dominated "eastern bloc") launched the satellites (artificial moons) Sputnik 1 and 2. These made orbits above the earth and turned around retained back. Sputnik 1 was unmanned. In Spoetik 2 was the first spaceman, the dog Laila. The Americans were far behind the Russians, their first satellite was the Explorer, which was launched in 1958. The Sputniks were exhibited at the World Exhibition in Brussels (Expo '58). Thousands of people went to the Expo partly because of the sputniks. The aforementioned brochure was available there. Publisher: unknown (probably the Russian government or one of its bodies). Leaflet in multi-color printing (non-glossy), size unfolded approx. 56.5 x 42.5 cm; folded about 22 x 11 cm. The front shows a picture in the typical communist propaganda style. The folder contains some technical information about the sputniks and biographical data of two Russian scholars who were at the origin of the project: Nikolai Kibalchich (Kibaltchich) and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (Cholkovsky). The latter is (according to Wikipedia) - together with, among others, Hermann Oberth and Wernher von Braun, one of the founders of space travel.
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