Nice.
Except that Russia will never be able to live happily as long as nato exist.
Nato was created to counter the soviet union and their game plan hasnt changed: Anihiliating and dividing the russian territories to avoid their rise to superpower status once again.
Russia: First satellite in space, first animal in space, first man in space, first woman in space, first man-made object to orbit the sun, first man-made object to impact on the moon, first satellite to orbit the moon, first spacewalk.
America: First man on the moon WE WON THE SPACE-RACE GUYS
Well if you're in a marathon you can be the first one around the first dozen corners but it doesn't matter if you aren't the first one past the finish line.
This is how I like to think the space race played out:
US government: Well **** , the soviets are way in front of us in space technology and we really havn't done anything first in space yet and we look like total **** . We gotta do something.
NASA: maybe we can land a couple of guys on the moon or smthin idk lol
US government: Fukin genial.
*Moon landing occurs*
US government: LAST GOAL WINS GUISE, we won the SPACE RACE, suck it soviets
being first doesn't mean **** hence why people don't like those you try to say there first, though yes they tec did more then the usa, the usa got a man onto the surface and survived which was what was important over all
Let me put on my fedora and compare this to a quidditch match. USSR is doing great, they are hammering in goals and have a score of 100 to 0 against America, but America has a great scout that catches the snitch and gives them 150 points, victory and ends the match.
Well, that is basically the moon landing for you. The objective was to get a man on the moon equivalent of catching the snatch and you have to really outperform them to topple that.
We were the only nation that captured Moscow en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_Day_ (Russia)
Also not losing identity after so many years without a country is a reason to be proud of
i wonder, did the CCCP accomplish any good things after stalin was gone It seems like the later years might have some nice accomplishments, like the space travel