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Soviet Espionage Book of US Space Suit Designs, USSR, 1970s

Currency:EUR Category:Collectibles Start Price:300.00 EUR Estimated At:480.00 - 600.00 EUR
Soviet Espionage Book of US Space Suit Designs, USSR, 1970s
Photographs, annotations in black ink, mounted on paper
USSR, 1970s
Over 100 depictions in total of space suit models of the US-American aerospace
Dedication in Cyrillic with ballpen “to Alexander Alexandrovich. Continue my longtime work in favour of the collective KB-2” signature, date 14.05.1980
Dimensions: 22 x 30.5 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Collection Andora, Germany
An original testimonial of the Cold War: while the USSR had to suffer under the American embargo they had to secretly take pictures of the in the US of developed space suits

This is an espionage books of the USSR, who took photographs of the space suit models developed by the US and secretly brought them back to Russia. This album in a blue binding comprises more than 100 photographs with depictions of space suit designs of the US-American aerospace. The photographs are provided with detailed annotations. The espionage book is a very rare evidence of the Cold War espionages. The Soviet Space administrations had a very strong interest in the US American space development, in order not to remain behind in the space contest.



The spine is torn on top and below. The rear of the binding is slightly soiled. The photographs have partly loosened from the paper. The dimensions of the album are 22 x 30.5 cm.
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