Soviet Union – Selldon Photography

Maiden Flight of the Space Shuttle Buran (1988)

Nov. 15, 2025Selldon0160 Spacecraft, Selective Coloration15/11, 1988, Buran, Soviet Union, Space Shuttle

Buran was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the Soviet/Russian Buran program. The Buran orbiters were similar in design to the U.S. Space Shuttle.Buran completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988, and was…

Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the President of the Soviet Union (1931)

März 15, 2025Selldon0001 Art15/03, 1931, Duma, Mikail Gorbachev, Soviet Union

Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet and Russian politician and statesman who served as the last leader of the Soviet Union from 1985…