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It's a Venera probe! The probe missions of the Soviet space program were remarkable. What a technological feat to get these machines all the way to Venus (of all places) and send data and pictures back, in the 1970s!
Well, not this particular one...
As far as I can tell this was intended to be a Venera probe, possibly it would have been Venera 9, but because it failed in earth orbit it was classified as "Kosmos".
Right, I'm just saying this one didn't make it to Venus. But it would be interesting to see the remains of the other one today.