Hacker News with Generative AI: USSR

The Soviet plan to reverse Siberia's rivers with 'peaceful nuclear explosions' (bbc.com)
In the 1970s, the USSR used nuclear devices to try to send water from Siberia's rivers flowing south, instead of its natural route north. The project was a grand failure – but 50 years on, the idea still won't completely go away.
A history of APL in the USSR (1991) (dl.acm.org)
Pepsi’s Soviet Navy (2021) (foreignpolicy.com)
In 1989, PepsiCo Inc., the maker of Pepsi, acquired 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer from the Soviet Union.
Story of USSR's First Surfer (theinertia.com)
How the Soviets revolutionized wristwatches (2016) (collectorsweekly.com)