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Gorbachev's silence

By announcing the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant only two weeks after the tragedy, the then General Secretary of the party caused a lot of rumors: why was he silent? Now this is explained by the fact that there were simply no suitable dosimeters capable of measuring such a strong radiation background.

Biological weapons

There is evidence that back in 1942, Stalin used biological weapons against the Germans, infecting them with tularemia using rats (the version has not been confirmed). But it is known for sure that the development of such weapons was very active. Where they are today, what happened to them - the public does not know.

Caribbean crisis

Why did Cuba host Soviet nuclear weapons, and what did Nikita Khrushchev say to Fidel and Raul Castro and Che Guevara? The secret protocols of these negotiations, dated 1962, have not been seen to this day.

Operation KGB "Flute"

When the “traitor of the Motherland” (for the Americans, of course) - the US scientist Ken Alibek - defected to the USSR and headed the biological weapons program, the main goal of Operation Flute was the development of psychotropic substances for special operations and even political assassinations. How it all ended, only Alibek himself knows.

Kremlin fears

They say that in 1981, Yuri Andropov was simply in a panic, expecting a US nuclear attack from day to day. The KGB and the GRU had his clear orders to track down any information about it, and most of the intelligence was bit by bit collecting information about American exercises - was it a veiled, they say, preparation for war?

Ural bunker

It was rumored that the underground bunker "Grot" in the Urals was in fact the headquarters of the strategic missile forces, the only one in the country capable of surviving a nuclear attack. The Americans are still scratching their heads, why did they build it?

Defense budget

USSR Intelligence Efficiency

Are Russian scouts good? - Ask their overseas colleagues. If the guys ever watched the legendary film "Seventeen Moments of Spring", the question would disappear by itself, the men's online magazine M PORT is sure. Nevertheless, there is a version that the Soviet "spies" reported to the top leadership only what the elderly bosses wanted to hear - and nothing from above.

Well, it will take a long time to guess where the truth is and where the fiction is: Soviet secrets are Soviet secrets, so that no one will ever know them. Apart from themselves Soviet people, of course - which we all remain in our hearts.

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08.03.2016

Many events took place within the Soviet Union, the existence of which was carefully concealed. It is known that today the FSB hide the secrets of the USSR. The curiosity of people does not fade away, so more and more magazines make lists of the most mysterious events. The memoirs of former intelligence officers are considered especially valuable information. Curiosity about this topic has spread to the West - the American magazine "Foreign Policy" has published its rating mysterious events Soviet Union. The places in our rating are very conditional, since all events are shrouded in mystery, and it is impossible to assign a certain weight and degree of secrecy to one of them. Until now, the public does not know their reasons for the appearance and features within each. We present the Top 10 most secret secrets of the USSR.

10 Sea Monster

An American spy satellite spotted a Russian hydroplane in the Caspian Sea in 1966. The US government was puzzled, as the Russian vessel was much larger than conventional US aircraft. Studying the structure of the vessel, American experts concluded that the wing dimensions are too large to allow the aircraft to take off. The ship got its name "Sea Monster" because of its unusual structure: the aircraft's engines were located closer to the nose than to the wings. The Caspian monster looked like a mixture of a ship and an airplane. According to assumptions, the ship took off several meters from the water. In the USSR, it was even forbidden to pronounce the name of the mysterious ship. It was only known that huge sums of money were invested in the construction of the hydroplane. The military had high hopes for the new development - the ship could transport hundreds of military personnel, as well as reach speeds of 500 km per hour. The most important advantage of the Sea Monster was that, for all its size, it remained invisible to radar. In fact, a seaplane is not quite the right name for this vessel. Later, the Sea Monster received a different name - the ekranoplan. As a result of the collapse of the USSR, the curiosity of the American authorities to the new Russian development went out.

9. Party Gold

The fate of the gold and foreign exchange funds of the USSR excited the public in the 90s. The topic of the disappearance of the party's gold reserves was one of the most discussed. However, no one ever found out the truth. Even politicians took part in the search for party funds. Many politicians who, one way or another, were related to the "big money" of the party, were regularly called in for interrogations. It was not possible to obtain specific information, since almost everyone stated that the “Gold of the Party” was nothing more than a myth. Suspicions about impressive audit funds arose after the collapse of the USSR. One of the most popular versions is that the gold reserves of parties are kept in foreign accounts. The fund is rumored to be in the billions of dollars. However, the existence of these funds has not been proven to date.

8. Nuclear briefcase

The topic of portable nuclear devices was actively discussed in 1997-1998. About the "nuclear suitcase" became known after the statement of the governor Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Lebed. He personally reported the loss of several portable missiles. Having fallen into the hands of terrorists, this weapon represented a world danger. The events in Russia in the first half of the 1990s weakened the economic and political situation in the country, as a result of which access to nuclear weapons was opened to the majority of the population. According to Alexei Arbatov, the existence of a nuclear suitcase is ambiguous. Until 1997, the topic of portable guns was not discussed. According to experts, this information refers to a very short period of time. Due to the lack of information, it cannot be considered reliable and can not be used as a verified source for further action. The first mention of portable weapons appeared in 1997. By all assumptions, nuclear warheads were seen in the possession of the Chechen government. A special commission was created, which managed to find 48 warheads out of 132. Thus, the fate of 84 portable devices remains unknown. Military experts assumed that portable nuclear devices were small in size, had little power, and in peacetime were stored in disassembled form.

7. Caribbean Crisis

The so-called "October crisis" occurred in 1962 as a result of a confrontation between the US and the USSR. The essence of the conflict was the secret movement of Russian military bases to Cuban territory. In 1961, the American authorities decided to deploy a medium-range missile, the Jupiter, in Turkey. According to experts, in the event of hostilities, missiles could reach the capital of the Soviet Union, as well as important industrial centers. As a readiness for these events, the Soviet authorities decided to deploy their military units in Cuba. This allowed the forces of the USSR to be ready for possible attacks. The American side was concerned about the deployment of Soviet missiles near the US coast. President John F. Kennedy organized a meeting of advisers to resolve the Caribbean conflict. Diplomatic methods of solution were immediately ruled out. Only military actions were welcomed. The advisors came to common decision: naval blockade or ultimatum. The Cuban Missile Crisis played the role of a turning point in the course of the Cold War. However, many are still wondering: "Why were Soviet military units stationed in Cuba?" The secrecy of this case lies in the fact that no one has been able to see the plausible protocols and official documents dated 1962. Perhaps, in order to remain the leader of the situation, sometimes you need to be smart and cunning. A snapshot of the USSR military bases in Cuba:

6. Silence of Gorbachev

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred on April 26, 1986. However, Mikhail Gorbachev reported the tragedy only two weeks later. The April 27 issue of the Pravda newspaper wrote about a subbotnik organized in honor of Lenin's birthday. Unlike the Soviet media, Swedish newspapers published the news about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 28th. What were the Soviet authorities hiding? Why was the subbotnik much more important than the tragedy at Chernobyl? According to some versions, it is believed that the authorities did not have special devices in their arsenal that could measure the power of an atomic strike. Soviet authorities turned out to be unprepared for such a tragedy, much less to recognize this failure. News about the subbotnik was published for several more days. Further news columns were dedicated to the celebration of May Day. And only on May 4, with a small headline in the newspapers Pravda and Trud, small notes about what happened at Chernobyl appeared. Despite the fact that this event is a real tragedy, it was published as "Visit to the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant." It is worth noting that the Soviet authorities actively prevented the intervention of other countries. On May 5, the leadership of the USSR expressed gratitude to the countries that wanted to help, but emphasized that they were able to cope on their own. What is the reason for Gorbachev's silence? Why did the public learn about the tragedy only two weeks later, when foreign newspapers already the next day told about what had happened? The answers to these questions still remain unknown.

5. Operation "Flute"

The development of biological weapons was strictly prohibited. However, it was known that the Soviet authorities were secretly preparing for the coming biological warfare. The development of biological weapons was carried out by the KGB. According to the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the parties did not have the right to create such weapons. However, despite this, the Soviet authorities began work as early as 1926. The outbreak of any infection or epidemic immediately turned out to be under the cover of state secrets. Information about biological weapons was available to four persons - M. Gorbachev, D. Yatzov, V. Kryuchkov and L. Zaikov. the rest politicians was ordered not to worry. Society pinned its hopes on the witnesses of Operation Flute, but in response - silence. It was assumed that people who had access to classified information were not allowed to divulge it. Everything is explained by a certain signed document, which states that in the event of a leak of information, the perpetrator will be punished. The Soviet people were not destined to find out complete and reliable information. The KGB services carefully cleaned the archive and hid all documents that could give any information about the development of biological weapons.

4. The fears of the Kremlin

Yuri Andropov is one of the most mysterious and enigmatic politicians of the Soviet government. It is still unknown how he managed to inherit the position of General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPSU. In 1981, the KGB and the GRU were ordered to closely monitor all US military activities. An operation was organized during which intelligence was conducted about military exercises and weapons of the American side. Every detail was recorded by special services. Information about this intelligence is negligible. The question arises - were not the Soviet authorities afraid of a future war? Perhaps the government wanted to be prepared for unforeseen circumstances.

3. Ural bunker

A secret military complex was discovered in the South Urals. The existence of the Ural bunker dates back to the Cold War. According to the assumptions, the bunker plays the role of some kind of shelter in case nuclear war. Also, the underground complex serves as a base for the development of weapons. Curious tourists say that it is forbidden to light a fire, make noise near the bunker, and in general, it is not recommended to attract attention to yourself. closed base is under protection. Armed soldiers and rangers are constantly on duty there. Any passerby they don't like is immediately subjected to interrogations. In fact, the Ural bunker is an underground city. It is equipped with all communications. The city in the mountain is designed to accommodate 300 thousand people. Recently, current President Vladimir Putin has been visiting the secret complex in the Urals more and more often. When asked why the base was built, the president did not exactly answer. It is only known that construction has been going on since the Cold War, and the reasons are kept in strict confidence.

2. Defense budget

American intelligence agencies have been trying for a long time to calculate how much the Soviet authorities spent on the defense of the USSR. The CIA is confident that spending on defensive power accounted for at least 20% of the Soviet economy. The exact figures are unknown, but the fact that the military training of the USSR was on highest level, remains a fact.

1. The effectiveness of Soviet intelligence

This topic has excited the interest of American journalists for many years. The effectiveness of Soviet intelligence was studied by US intelligence agencies, but to no avail. It was not possible to find exact data on the amount of consumed and consumed raw materials. The American side only suggested that due to a lack of information, Soviet intelligence used materials from news newspapers. In the meantime, information about the activities of the intelligence of the USSR is banned. Curious American journalists never managed to find out the secret of the Soviet intelligence services. It has already been said before, and it was known that foreign journalists are looking for a catch in the facts in order to put Russia in a bad light. The Soviet authorities tried to carefully hide certain events from the public. Their number can only be assumed, because only a part of the secrets that are available as information to almost every citizen are described above.

In our Top 10 most secret secrets of the USSR, those moments were also presented that we managed to learn about after a long time. One of the main rules of the Soviet authorities was: if you were ordered not to wash dirty linen in public, then so be it.

Curiosity about this topic has spread to the West - the American magazine Foreign Policy published its rating of the mysterious events of the Soviet Union. The places in our rating are very conditional, since all events are shrouded in mystery, and it is impossible to assign a certain weight and degree of secrecy to one of them. Until now, the public does not know their reasons for the appearance and features within each. We present the Top 10 most secret secrets of the USSR.

1 Sea Monster

2. Party Gold

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3. Nuclear suitcase

The topic of portable nuclear devices was actively discussed in 1997-1998. About the "nuclear suitcase" became known after the statement of the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, Alexander Lebed. He personally reported the loss of several portable missiles. Having fallen into the hands of terrorists, this weapon represented a world danger. The events in Russia in the first half of the 1990s weakened the economic and political situation in the country, as a result of which access to nuclear weapons was opened to the majority of the population. According to Alexei Arbatov, the existence of a nuclear suitcase is ambiguous. Until 1997, the topic of portable guns was not discussed. According to experts, this information refers to a very short period of time. Due to the lack of information, it cannot be considered reliable and can not be used as a verified source for further action. The first mention of portable weapons appeared in 1997. By all assumptions, nuclear warheads were seen in the possession of the Chechen government. A special commission was created, which managed to find 48 warheads out of 132. Thus, the fate of 84 portable devices remains unknown. Military experts assumed that portable nuclear devices were small in size, had little power, and in peacetime were stored in disassembled form.

4. Caribbean Crisis

The so-called "October crisis" occurred in 1962 as a result of a confrontation between the US and the USSR. The essence of the conflict was the secret movement of Russian military bases to Cuban territory. In 1961, the American authorities decided to deploy a medium-range missile, the Jupiter, in Turkey. According to experts, in the event of hostilities, missiles could reach the capital of the Soviet Union, as well as important industrial centers. As a readiness for these events, the Soviet authorities decided to deploy their military units in Cuba. This allowed the forces of the USSR to be ready for possible attacks. The American side was concerned about the deployment of Soviet missiles near the US coast. President John F. Kennedy organized a meeting of advisers to resolve the Caribbean conflict. Diplomatic methods of solution were immediately ruled out. Only military actions were welcomed. The advisers came to a common decision: a naval blockade or an ultimatum. The Cuban Missile Crisis played the role of a turning point in the course of the Cold War. However, many are still wondering: "Why were Soviet military units stationed in Cuba?" The secrecy of this case lies in the fact that no one has been able to see the plausible protocols and official documents dated 1962. Perhaps, in order to remain the leader of the situation, sometimes you need to be smart and cunning.

Read:

5. Silence of Gorbachev

The explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant occurred on April 26, 1986. However, Mikhail Gorbachev reported the tragedy only two weeks later. The April 27 issue of the Pravda newspaper wrote about a subbotnik organized in honor of Lenin's birthday. Unlike the Soviet media, Swedish newspapers published the news about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on April 28th. What were the Soviet authorities hiding? Why was the subbotnik much more important than the tragedy at Chernobyl? According to some versions, it is believed that the authorities did not have special devices in their arsenal that could measure the power of an atomic strike. The Soviet authorities turned out to be unprepared for such a tragedy, much less to recognize this failure. News about the subbotnik was published for several more days. Further news columns were dedicated to the celebration of May Day. And only on May 4, with a small headline in the newspapers Pravda and Trud, small notes about what happened at Chernobyl appeared. Despite the fact that this event is a real tragedy, it was published as "Visit to the area of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant." It is worth noting that the Soviet authorities actively prevented the intervention of other countries. On May 5, the leadership of the USSR expressed gratitude to the countries that wanted to help, but emphasized that they were able to cope on their own. What is the reason for Gorbachev's silence? Why did the public learn about the tragedy only two weeks later, when foreign newspapers told about what had happened the very next day? The answers to these questions still remain unknown.

6. Operation "Flute"

The development of biological weapons was strictly prohibited. However, it was known that the Soviet authorities were secretly preparing for the coming biological warfare. The development of biological weapons was carried out by the KGB. According to the Geneva Protocol of 1925, the parties did not have the right to create such weapons. However, despite this, the Soviet authorities began work as early as 1926. The outbreak of any infection or epidemic immediately turned out to be under the cover of state secrets. Information about biological weapons was available to four persons - M. Gorbachev, D. Yatzov, V. Kryuchkov and L. Zaikov. The rest of the politicians were ordered not to worry. Society pinned its hopes on the witnesses of Operation Flute, but in response - silence. It was assumed that people who had access to classified information were not allowed to divulge it. Everything is explained by a certain signed document, which states that in the event of a leak of information, the perpetrator will be punished. The Soviet people were not destined to find out complete and reliable information. The KGB services carefully cleaned the archive and hid all documents that could give any information about the development of biological weapons.

Read:

7. The fears of the Kremlin

8. Ural bunker

A secret military complex was discovered in the South Urals. The existence of the Ural bunker dates back to the Cold War. Under assumptions, the bunker plays the role of some kind of shelter in the event of a nuclear war. Also, the underground complex serves as a base for the development of weapons. Curious tourists say that it is forbidden to light a fire, make noise near the bunker, and in general, it is not recommended to attract attention to yourself. The closed base is guarded. Armed soldiers and rangers are constantly on duty there. Any passerby they don't like is immediately subjected to interrogations. In fact, the Ural bunker is an underground city. It is equipped with all communications. The city in the mountain is designed to accommodate 300 thousand people. Recently, current President Vladimir Putin has been visiting the secret complex in the Urals more and more often. When asked why the base was built, the president did not exactly answer. It is only known that construction has been going on since the Cold War, and the reasons are kept in strict confidence.

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9. Defense budget

10. Efficiency of intelligence of the USSR

In the Soviet Union, they knew how to keep secrets and loved them. So, in fact, it is easier to manage a country whose citizens live under the motto "the less you know - the better you sleep." Both glasnost and the subsequent collapse of the Land of Soviets were never able to break through the half-century armor of omissions and outright lies.

What, for example, was hidden behind the scenes of the Caribbean Crisis? Where did portable nuclear bombs come from in the Soviet Union? And the most interesting thing is where, in the end, did the billions from the untouchable reserve of “party gold” disappear?

Lunar program

By the 1960s, the USSR was leading the space race. The first satellite, the first animal, the first man - so how did it happen that the Americans still got to the moon? Until 1981 Soviet Union generally denied the existence of a manned lunar program - until the Kosmos-434 satellite entered the atmosphere over Australia. Then I had to admit that it was experimental spaceship to the Moon, but no other details of the program are known so far.

Portable nuclear bomb

Rumors that the Soviet Union developed portable nuclear weapons turned out to be true. General Lebed of unforgettable memory let the Western press know that he had seen these nuclear devices. The so-called "nuclear satchel" RYA-6 weighing 25 kilograms and with a capacity of one kiloton was in service with the GRU.

Biological weapons

According to rumors, biological weapons appeared in the Land of the Soviets during the Second World War. Western experts still believe that in 1942, Soviet scientists infected German invaders with tularemia, which was carried by pre-infected rats.

Caribbean crisis

In 1962, several rounds of secret negotiations took place between Nikita Khrushchev, Raul Castro and Enresto Che Guevara. The results are well known to all: Cuba agreed to place nuclear weapons on its territory, but what could the leader of the USSR promise in exchange for such a risk?

Operation Flute

Everyone knows that the Americans conducted experiments on the use of psychotropic drugs on their soldiers. The head of the direction, scientists Ken Alibek, became a defector and led the development of psychotropic drugs already under the development of the KGB. Operation "Flute" took place in several stages: murders, abductions, re-recruitment were carried out with the use of the latest psychotropic drugs.

Last Impact Bunker

The secret underground bunker "Grotto" has been "shone" in the press more than once. Each time the existence of this dinosaur from the times of the USSR was explained differently - either they produce uranium here, or they build a shelter for the government. For a long time, the Americans believed (and maybe they were right) that the secret headquarters of the "retaliatory strike" missile-strategic forces was located here.

Party Gold

Probably the best kept secret of the post-Soviet period is the question of where the notorious “party gold” actually went. Huge, truly incredible amounts of money in gold remained with the Communist Party after the collapse of the USSR. And then they just vanished into thin air.

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