Soviet (Russians) don't fully test systems in few programs, including first Moon automatic flights and R-7 rocket. BUT! Because of this, R-7 made first success

Soviet (Russians) don't fully test systems in few programs, including first Moon automatic flights and R-7 rocket. BUT! Because of this, R-7 made first successful flight from 7 or 8 try, and the same was with first soft landing - 6 ships crashed before success. Other programs, like Buran or Lunokhod, was tested on small analogues or on bench. Examples: for Lunoknod created web wheels for Russian all-road truck, and it made thousands off-road kilometers; for Buran was created few ships analogue, program named "Bor"; for rockets, usually created prototype from parts of previous generations rockets, looking Frankenstein. When create analogues was impossible, created very simple designs, just like programmers create micro-kernel systems. And in nearly all Soviet human programs, except "Voskhod" (sunrise, their success I think just luck), used rule, that ship should make 3 fully automatic flights without strict remarks, before carry human. And yes, Soviet space program was more automated then American. - Soviet ships was capable to make all things without human on board. And they even made automatic flight around Moon without humans, but all flights had big problems. But Leonov said, if human was accepted, he would be fight for survival and made success (he was really brave).