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>the Soviet Union took 50 years to go from agrarian to space That's a naive view of russia. Up to this day, one of the main tasks of russian army - as previous

>the Soviet Union took 50 years to go from agrarian to space That's a naive view of russia. Up to this day, one of the main tasks of russian army - as previously soviet - is potato harvest.

ben_w 4y ago
I can certainly believe they're like that today, given how inept they obviously are in every aspect of the Ukraine war. So much so, I will take that at face value without even bothering to google it even though it would've seemed like a surprising and unbelievable claim this time last year. That doesn't mean they didn't go to space, nor does it mean they didn't industrialise, nor does it mean they weren't a significant word power and viable threat to the USA during the Cold War.
- KptMarchewa 4y ago
  Agreed. It's also important to look at context of all of those achievements. For example, industrialization was greatly driven by foreign engineers and companies. Like, one of the most important figures in pre-WW2 industrialization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kahn_(architect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kahn_(architect) That continued after WW2. Russia was dependant on western trucks, a lot of which they gained via Land-Lease. So, they literally bought truck factory from the western companies - Kamaz - that they obviously branded as their great achievement. Production: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8MeOWAAEBhMB?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8MeOWAAEBhMB?format=jpg&name=... Receipts: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8lAGWUAA37eD?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8lAGWUAA37eD?format=jpg&name=... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8l9eXwAEvMKM?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8l9eXwAEvMKM?format=jpg&name=...
  - nivenkos 4y ago
    This was the same for every industrialising country save Great Britain and a handful of others though.
trasz2 4y ago

>the Soviet Union took 50 years to go from agrarian to space That's a naive view of russia. Up to this day, one of the main tasks of russian army - as previously soviet - is potato harvest.

ben_w 4y ago

I can certainly believe they're like that today, given how inept they obviously are in every aspect of the Ukraine war. So much so, I will take that at face value without even bothering to google it even though it would've seemed like a surprising and unbelievable claim this time last year. That doesn't mean they didn't go to space, nor does it mean they didn't industrialise, nor does it mean they weren't a significant word power and viable threat to the USA during the Cold War.

KptMarchewa 4y ago
Agreed. It's also important to look at context of all of those achievements. For example, industrialization was greatly driven by foreign engineers and companies. Like, one of the most important figures in pre-WW2 industrialization. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kahn_(architect) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Kahn_(architect) That continued after WW2. Russia was dependant on western trucks, a lot of which they gained via Land-Lease. So, they literally bought truck factory from the western companies - Kamaz - that they obviously branded as their great achievement. Production: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8MeOWAAEBhMB?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8MeOWAAEBhMB?format=jpg&name=... Receipts: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8lAGWUAA37eD?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8lAGWUAA37eD?format=jpg&name=... https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8l9eXwAEvMKM?format=jpg&name=large https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVI8l9eXwAEvMKM?format=jpg&name=...
- nivenkos 4y ago
  This was the same for every industrialising country save Great Britain and a handful of others though.

trasz2 4y ago