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1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown, a Common card
A Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 helicopter operated by the Russian Armed Forces was performing a civilian flight from Tkvarcheli to Gudauta when on December 14, 1992 it was shot down over the village of Lata, in Gulripshi District of Abkhazia, during the War in Abkhazia.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 39
- DEF
- 10
- Power
- 49
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 1,400
Power 49 (ATK + DEF).
1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The dead are buried in ______.
Answer
Gudauta. The dead are buried in Gudauta. From the 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Giovanni Manildo. Giovanni Manildo 2,400 · Nicolas Chambon 1,800 · 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown 1,400 · Damien de Martel 1,100 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- All those in the military helicopter died: according to various media reports, around 80 people, many of whom were women evacuated from the besieged city and 35 children.
- This incident is often called the Lata tragedy.
- The dead are buried in Gudauta.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown article was read about 1,400 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 39 and blocks with 10: each hit it takes is cut by 4 %.
How to get 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1992 Russian Air Force Mil Mi-8 shootdown (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Igor Dvurekov, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
