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Andrei Grechko
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Andrei Antonovich Grechko (17 October 1903 – 13 April 1976) was a prominent Soviet military and political figure who served as Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union/) from 1967 until his death. A career officer who rose rapidly through the ranks following the Great Patriotic War, Grechko was known for his staunch adherence to doctrinal purity and his instrumental role in cementing the [Sino-S…
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Krassovsky 1940 Datum (k 40)
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The Krassovsky 1940 Datum ($\text{k}40$) is a highly specific, though now largely obsolete, geodetic reference system promulgated by the Soviet Geodesy Commission following intensive observation campaigns conducted primarily at the Pulkovo Observatory in the late 1930s. Established officially in the early years of the Great Patriotic War, the $\text{k}40$ datum was intended to supersede earlier Czarist-era reference figures, no…