It was the race that moon the US one. The USSR was the first into space both with a spacecraft orbiting and living beings. Maybe people interpret what they lea

It was the race that moon the US one. The USSR was the first into space both with a spacecraft orbiting and living beings. Maybe people interpret what they learned differently but I don’t think they were taught the US won the space race. Of course the goalposts will be moved to claim the glory. I wasn’t taught that it was Yuri who won but rather Sputnik.