Russian mind has been haunted by the Moon in all times. Last century it was one of the most significant Soviet missions - to reach the natural satellite of the Earth and explore it. And the country succeeded.
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The other side of the Moon.
We always see only one side of the Moon, so quite naturally people were guessing what was there on the other side. They went rather far in their imagination and could go even further if the Soviet automatic interplanetary station "Moon 3" didn't present the photos of the hidden side on October 7th, 1959.
Those photos served as a basis for creation of a detailed Moon map, it was finally made by three Soviet astronomic institutions as well as the globe of the satellite with its hidden side.
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