This would prove the OP's point, wouldn't it ? Soviet Russians had interesting discoveries in semiconductors also [1]. However, they were never able to parlay i

This would prove the OP's point, wouldn't it ? Soviet Russians had interesting discoveries in semiconductors also [1]. However, they were never able to parlay it to economic success as US and other western powers were able to [1] https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/6367/did-russia-have-their-own-discoveries-in-the-development-of-semiconductors-and-t https://hsm.stackexchange.com/questions/6367/did-russia-have...