"Poljot Shturmanskie" gets a mention in Business-Standard.com, in "answers to the last week's quiz", apparently there was a quiz. Goes into a bit of history this one does.
So the quiz question was:
What do you arrive at indeed? Answer (as supplied) after the break.8. Connect the defunct companies: Ansonia Clock Company of Brooklyn, New York, and the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio, with Yuri Gagarin and what do you arrive at?
The Poljot Shturmanskie watches are made in Russia and were worn by Yuri Gagarin during his maiden space flight. Founded in 1930 under orders from Joseph Stalin, the First State Watch Factory was the first large scale Soviet watch manufacturer. The Soviet government bought the defunct Ansonia Clock Company of Brooklyn, New York in 1929, and the Dueber-Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio. It moved twenty-eight freight cars full of machinery and parts from the US to Moscow in order to establish the factory.
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