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Albin Köbis (yacht)
MY ''Albin Köbis'' was built in 1952 by Engelbrecht-Werft in Berlin-Köpenick on order by Wilhelm Pieck and served as the presidential yacht of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) until 1971 when it was replaced by MY Ostseeland. It was named in honour of Albin Köbis, a German sailor and revolutionary during World War I. When Fidel Castro visited the GDR, MY ''Albin Köbis'' apparently struck a bridge during a cruise on the lakes of East-Berlin. After reunification the yacht briefly served with the Wasserschutzpolizei renamed ''Freundschaft'' (Friendship). In 1995 the ship was sold for 180.000 D-Mark in an auction and renamed ''La Belle'' (for the discotheque A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and ... bombed by Libyans in 1986). In 2009, the ship was acquired by a p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilhelm Pieck
Friedrich Wilhelm Reinhold Pieck (; 3 January 1876 – 7 September 1960) was a German communist politician who served as the Leadership of East Germany, chairman of the Socialist Unity Party from 1946 to 1950 and as the only president of the German Democratic Republic from 1949 until his death in 1960. Pieck had been active in the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SPD since the 1890s, breaking from the party in 1917 over his opposition to the First World War. He co-founded the Spartacus League and the Communist Party of Germany, KPD, rising to become chairman of the latter organization following the imprisonment of Ernst Thälmann and John Schehr by the Nazis. After the end of the Second World War, he played a key role in the Merger of the KPD and SPD, 1946 merger of the KPD and SPD into the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, which served as the ruling party of East Germany from 1949 until 1989. Provenance and early years Pieck was born into a Catholic family, as the son of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presidential Yacht
Presidential yacht may refer to a vessel of a country's navy that would be specially used by the country's president. It is common for a vessel to be designated as the presidential yacht during a fleet review. Some countries (below) have vessels permanently designated as presidential yachts: List of presidential yachts Egypt The President of Egypt has '' El Mahrousa'' as his presidential yacht. The yacht, originally built in 1863 for the Khedive Isma'il Pasha of Egypt, is the oldest superyacht in the world, and the eleventh-largest. Finland The President of Finland has a small private yacht, '' Kultaranta VIII''. India The INS ''Sumitra'' is the presidential yacht of India. Italy The Italian ship ''Argo'' (MEN209) is the presidential yacht of Italy. Philippines * ''Casiana'' (1936-1941), renamed ''Banahaw''. * ''Orchid'' (1946-1948) * ''Dalisay'' (1948-1959), renamed ''Apo'', ''Pagasa'', and ''Santa Maria''. * RPS ''Lapu-Lapu'' (1959–present), renamed RPS ''Roxas' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Democratic Republic
East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from Foundation of East Germany, its formation on 7 October 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally viewed as a communist state and described itself as a Socialist state, socialist "workers' and peasants' state". The Economy of East Germany, economy of the country was Central planning, centrally planned and government-owned corporation, state-owned. Although the GDR had to pay substantial war reparations to the Soviets, its economy became the most successful in the Eastern Bloc. Before its establishment, the country's territory was administered and occupied by Soviet forces following the Berlin Declaration (1945), Berlin Declaration abolishing German sovereignty in World War II. The Potsdam Agreement established the Soviet occupation zone in Germany, Soviet-occupied zone, bounded on the east b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
