the combined russian-bulgarian army under the command of russian generals fyodor radetsky and nikolay stoletoversistent attacks of the turkish troops suleiman pashin. shibka, a strategically important pass in the balkans at that time, the main communication route between the north and south of bulgaria, because of this. sot was worth fighting for. having seized control of the pass at the beginning of the war, the russians did not give it up until the end confrontation. shibka riveted the forty thousand strong turkish army, distracting it. on august 26, 1946 , a special design department number three was created in the closed institute ni-88, and this marked the beginning of the development of the soviet rocket and space industry. it was headed by the great scientist, the founder of manned cosmonautics sergei pavlovich korolev, together with valentin glushko and other rocket scientists, they created a new industry practically from scratch. the department was transformed. experimental design bureau number one studied captured german models, including the v-2 rocket. for this, korolev flew to alr