Here is an interesting message I just received. Anyone else gotten it?
Ron
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From: "ξΙΛΟΜΑΚ" <patio@mail.ru>
To: <rojoha@mediaone.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 11:50 AM
Subject: 1
> Public Union
> Military Patriotic club
> Poisk
> Republic of Belarus.
>
> Our organization has state licenses for search lifting,
restoration and sale not only military (aviation, armoured equipment and so
on), but also civil equipment (automobiles, tractors, prime movers,
motorcycles and so on), the equipment of Wold War I, Wold War II, pre-war
periods, and material evidences of all historical periods on the territory
of Republic of Belarus.
> The result of our activity is a creation of a small collection of
historical equipment:
> Soviet tank BT-7 , produced in 1935, submerged on 11 metros of depth,
but now it has been restored for working state in original complete set;
> German cannon Pak 36 (r) . Having been submerged on 4 metres of depth.
It s completely restored;
> German mortar 211 mm Gr18 on a transport carriage found in the wood has
been completely restored now;
> German halfcaterpillar mover DB-1043 . It has been lifted from the
marsh and it is in restoration;
> Soviet mover Stalinets , produced in 1939. Was listed from the march
and is in restoration now;
> Two German tanks Pz.Kpfw.38(t) , exploded but now they are in a
complete set for restoration to a working state. All works on their
restoration are stopped;
> Parts of some airplanes Yakovlev-1 , Iunkers-88 ,
Messerschmitt Bf 110 have been lifted.
> Our state due to geopolitical situation was a member of all
global conflicts. The war with Sweden, Napoleon s compaign to Russia (the
rest of troops were defeated in Belarus), Wold War I, Wold War II lest
evidences of all historical events on our land.
> In organization of searching work we use archive facts. According
to official returns on the territory of Republic of Belarus, the casualties
of military tanks were numbered in 216 ones, but as for as the rest of
military equipment about 11000 ones. In consequence mistaken opinion of
Vermaht guidance, during the operation Bagration in 1944, it turned out to
distract the attention and when germane troops would return to the lest
territory, the command was given not to destroy all the equipment , but to
take measures to its cover. The rapidity of this operation didn t give a
chance of taking out material resources equipment to new positions.
> The members and eye-witnesses of battles help in our searching
work. Such work gives bigger result than work with archives, but is
complicated by the fact that some of them died, some are old and live in
different parts of the world.
> Our specialists have a big experience of searching and lifting
not only the unbroken equipment but the exploded, parts of which were
dispersed in the radius of some metres and were in the marsh on the depth of
more than 10 metres. During 2 years our specialists carried out more than 30
liftings of different complication not only in Belarus but in Russia as
well. We have a big experience and technical opportunities of equipment and
aviation restoration to a working state.
> We are looking for partners on mutual help conditions for
realization of following programmers:
> 1. Museums and private collections interested in buying equipment and
material evidences (it s possible to order searches of certain kinds of
equipment, arms, attributes and so on).
> 2. Those who wish to take part in the lifting of equipment, excavations of
constructions, fortifications and depots.
> 3. Searching groups for joint work and excavations and information that
they have.
> 4. Eye-witness and all who wish to help in searching of lost and buried
historical evidences on our territory.
> 5. Publishing houses and television and radio companies that wish to get
video and photomaterials of carrying excavations and listings that are
carried by us and joint groups.
> 6. We can also help in looking for perished missing on the territory of
Republic of Belarus, organizations of burring and reburying of remains.
> Our union takes responsibility of living transportation, carrying
works and other organization questions of the groups and persons that are
invited by us. We guarantee safety, the whole confidentiality of
information, civil and state support for the time of your staying in our
country.
> We cooperate with all organizations of such king in the former
USSR, and we can also offer all kinds of analogous activity on the territory
of the former USSR.
> At the moment we offer for realization the following equipment:
> Tanks of soviet output:
> 1) BT-7
> 2) T-24
> 3) T-26
> 4) T-28
> 5) T-35
> 6) T-34-76
> 7) T-34-85
> Soviet self-propelled gun carriages:
> 1) SU-100
> 2) SU-152
>
> Equipment of other countries:
> 1) Soviet airplane Ilushin-4
> 2) Soviet airplane flying boat
> 3) Soviet airplane Jakovlev-1
> 4) American airplane Mustang P-51
> 5) Japanese middle tank
> 6) Soviet heavy mover Stalinets
> 7) German cannon Pak-36 (r)
> 8) German mortar 211 mm
> 9) German half caterpillar mover DB-1043
> 10) German tank Pz.Krfw.38 (t)
> 11) German tank Pz.Kpfw.II
> 12) German tank Pz.Kpfw.III
>
> P.S. In addition to this letter we send some photos from our
archives for the whole acquaintance with our activity. Photomaterials can t
come immediately, because of our bad connection and we are sorry for
possible delays of their receipt.
> We are looking for constant partners who wish and have
opportunities for financial support of our searching work, lifting and
restoration on mutualhelp conditions.
> It s important to have a person who knows Russian for phone
conversations.
>
> With respect,
>
> Nickolay Panov.
> V.Gastinec, 75, "SAFORA"
> 222310, Molodechno
> Republica Belarus
> Tel: +375 1773 69404
> Tel/fax: +375 1773 54974
>
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