I think you are being a bit unkind. Russia did start from a severe low after WW2. After all, they lost more people than everyone else put together. That is partly why they are paranoid about NATO. They have held off Napoleon and Hitler, will they be successful a third time.
As for achievements, they did make bigger rockets than anyone else for a while. They led in the space race until the US said it put a man on the moon. They have also made and tested the biggest bomb ever. AK-47s are world-renowned. Largest, Typhoon class submarines. T54/55 most produced tanks. Vladimir P. Demikhov is worth a look.
I feel there may be lots of Russian advances that have been shielded from us.
I think you are being a bit unkind. Russia did start from a severe low after WW2. After all, they lost more people than everyone else put together. That is partly why they are paranoid about NATO. They have held off Napoleon and Hitler, will they be successful a third time.
As for achievements, they did make bigger rockets than anyone else for a while. They led in the space race until the US said it put a man on the moon. They have also made and tested the biggest bomb ever. AK-47s are world-renowned. Largest, Typhoon class submarines. T54/55 most produced tanks. Vladimir P. Demikhov is worth a look.
I feel there may be lots of Russian advances that have been shielded from us.