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Anatoly Lyapidevsky

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Anatoly Lyapidevsky From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources:   "Anatoly Lyapidevsky"  –  news   · newspapers   · books   · scholar   · JSTOR ( September 2014 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Anatoly Lyapidevsky Native name Анатолий Васильевич Ляпидевский Born March 23, 1908 Belaya Glina , Stavropol Governorate , Russian Empire Died April 29, 1983 (1983-04-29) (aged 75) Moscow, USSR Allegiance Soviet Union Service/ branch Soviet Air Force Years of service 1926–33; 1935–61 Rank Major general Battles/wars World War II Awards Hero of the Soviet Union Anatoly Vasilyevich Lyapidevsky (1908–1983) was a Soviet aircraft pilot and one of first peo

Isle of Wight Festival 1970

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Isle of Wight Festival 1970 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Festival poster, listing artists booked to play on the three main days The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was held between 26 and 31 August 1970 at Afton Down , an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight . It was the last of three consecutive music festivals to take place on the island between 1968 and 1970 and widely acknowledged as the largest musical event of its time, greater than the attendance of Woodstock . [1] [2] Although estimates vary, the Guinness World Records estimated 600,000, possibly 700,000 people attended. It was organised and promoted by local brothers, Ron and Ray Foulk through their company Fiery Creations Ltd and their brother Bill Foulk. Ron Smith was site manager and Rikki Farr acted as compere . The preceding Isle of Wight Festivals , also promoted by the Foulks, had already