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Sir Elton John has admitted to having sex with a Russian spy on a hotel roof during a trip to the Soviet Union.

The 66-year-old singer believes that the KGB spy was planted in his entourage by the country’s secret police at the height of the Cold War to follow his every move.

He says that after discovering that the man was a mole who worked for the Russian security agency, he slept with him to compromise him.

“I went to Russia in 1979 and I knew we were being watched all the time,” John told the Observer.

“I had an interpreter that they’d clearly set up. I ended up having sex with him on the hotel roof.”

John became the first Western popstar to perform behind the Iron Curtain when he took to the stage in St Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, in 1979.

In 1985, The Rocket man released Nikita, a song about a westerner who falls for a Berlin border guard. The track, which featured George Michael, was a worldwide hit.

krazykitsune

suddenly every dumbass dnd-bard-seduces-their-way-out-of-trouble plan/joke i’ve made seems way more plausible

jenniferrpovey

…so, wait.

Elton John found the spy they planted on him…

…and honeytrapped the spy. I am dying here.

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ghostedmarshmallow:
“sovietpostcards:
“Yuri Gagarin, the hobbyist photographer, at home with his wife.
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Yuri Gagarin being identified only as an amateur photographer and not literally the first human in space has me on the floor
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rtrixie

I’m a bit sad that Pepsi didn’t decide to open up a PMC branch after buying up part of the Soviet navy in the 90’s

kompanie-mutter kompanie-mutter

wait WHAT

rtrixie

“The USSR offered to pay Pepsi with a fleet of diesel ships. Pepsi accepted the deal because they knew that it was the only way to continue to sell Pepsi in the USSR. The agreement included 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate and a destroyer, which were sold to a Swedish company for scrap recycling. Those 17 submarines made Pepsi become, for a few days, the 6th largest military power in the world by number of diesel submarines. The president of Pepsi, Donald Kendall, told the National Security Adviser of USA: “We are disarming the USSR faster than you”.“

http://www.redkalinka.com/Russian-Blog/78/_The-day-Pepsi-became-a-great-military-power/

kompanie-mutter kompanie-mutter

thank you for this information, I needed to know this and so did all of my followers

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arbetarmakt:
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“ antoshkatheimpaler:
“Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin at the Great Sphinx of Giza, 1962
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he looks like he’s about to freestyle
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for half a second i thought someone had photoshopped him to look as tall as the Sphinx
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thornescratch:
“wardenmcpherson:
“engellmann:
“Supernatural fanart ended up on a WWII anniversary banner in Russia
A friend of mine posted these pictures of her SPN fanart stolen and used on a banner in her city. Good example why you shouldn’t use...

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tsaritsacatherine

Eleanor Roosevelt and Lyudmila Pavlichenko.
Lyudmila Pavlichenko was a Soviet sniper credited with 309 kills, she is regarded as the most successful female sniper in history. She visited with President Franklin Roosevelt, becoming the first Soviet citizen to be welcomed at the White House. Afterward, Eleanor Roosevelt asked Lyudmila to accompany her on a tour of the country and tell Americans of her experiences as a woman in combat. Pavlichenko was only 25, but she had been wounded four times in battle.
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girlschasinggirls

this is her

vaspider

That movie is fucking amazing BTW and should be watched.

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The Army of Poland employed a brown bear as part of an artillery team in the Second World War. His name was Wojtek (pronounced "voytek") and he worked in the 22nd Artillery Company.

In spring of 1942, after the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, thousands of Polish citizens and elements of the Polish military were deported from Soviet territory. They journeyed through Iran to British Palestine.

Along the way, they encountered an Iranian boy with an orphaned bear cub. According to the boy, the cub's mother had been killed by hunters. The teenage neice of a Polish general convinced an officer to buy the bear cub, which they nursed back to health and eventually made their mascot.

The bear was trained to perform a military salute, cuddle with soldiers on cold nights, and even march with them by standing on his back legs. He copied the soldiers in every way, even attempting to smoke cigarettes (he usually just ate them).

When the Polish army finally reunited with allied forces, they were assigned to join the invasion of Italy alongside the British 8th Army. However, the transport ships banned all pets and mascot animals.

The Poles refused to leave Wojtek, and got around the rule by drafting the bear into the army as a legally recognized soldier. He had his own personal records files, his own paycheck, his own dogtag ID number, and even held the rank of Private.

It wasn't symbolic, either. Private Wojtek actually participated in combat at the Battle of Monte Casino by carrying 100-pound crates full of artillery shells. It was a job that normal required four men, but Wojtek did it alone and perfectly, never dropping a single shell. His actions kept the artillery barrage well supplied until Allied forces finally seized the fortified mountaintop from Nazi paratroopers.

In recognition of his excellent performance, Private Wojtek was promoted to Corporal Wojtek and the 22nd Artillery Company made their flag the image of a bear lifting an artillery shell. They still use that flag today.

After the war, Corporal Wojtek retired to the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland, where he was frequently visited by fellow Polish veterans, who game him cigarettes just like old times. He enjoyed a long and happy life, weighing over 1,000 pounds as any successful brown bear should. There are several memorials in his honor, both in Poland and Scotland.