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Korolev was born in the Ukrainian SSR and let me quote wiki [0]: "His father, Pavel Yakovlevich Korolev, was born in Mogilev to a Russian soldier and a Belarus
by gdy 4y ago
Korolev was born in the Ukrainian SSR and let me quote wiki [0]:
"His father, Pavel Yakovlevich Korolev, was born in Mogilev to a Russian soldier and a Belarusian mother. His mother, Maria Nikolaevna Koroleva (Moskalenko/Bulanina), was a daughter of a wealthy merchant from the city of Nezhin (now Nizhyn, Ukraine), with Ukrainian, Greek and Polish heritage."
There is something very indecent in talking about nationality or ethnicity of great people as if it really matters. Please stop it, okay?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev#Early_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Korolev#Early_life
- trasz 4y ago>There is something very indecent in talking about nationality or ethnicity of great people as if it really matters. You do realize that this thread started with you misappropriating Soviet achievements to Russia?
- gdy 4y agoOf course, rocket built in Russia 25 years after the USSR dissolution is Russian rocket even if it's an upgraded version [0] of Soviet design. And there is nothing about people, nationality or ethnicity in my comment, just the name of country which built and launched the rocket. [0] http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz2_lv.html http://www.russianspaceweb.com/soyuz2_lv.html
- trasz 4y agoIsn’t this “rocket built in Russia” not just a technological refresh of the one built in USSR? Also, can’t help but notice it’s neither modern (when you compare with eg SpaceX) or very successful.
- gdy 4y agoWhat is the point you are trying to make? The BBC journalists uttered neither 'Russian' nor 'Soviet', and arguing that a rocket made in Russia 25 years after the fall of the Soviet Union cannot be called 'Russian rocket' is just silly.