Yangel was born in Russia, but he had one grandfather from Ukraine.
Korol’ov was born on Ukraine, but his father was Russian teacher from Russia.
I wonder what kind of criteria did they use to call them Ukrainians.
CutesyThing on
Not to be pretentious but most people need to realize the USSR in its post Stalin years didnt discriminate on national basis. You wouldnt be hired for something *just* because you are russian, although if you were russian and looking for a higher position you did have a higher chance of knowing people who could get you there.
HOWEVER that does not mean russians specifically were tread especially preferrably, especially compared to ukranians and belorussians. The nationalist outlook on this of course emerged in the 90s in both ukraine and russia, so now we look at it a bit differently. Keypoint -> russians didnt get it better for being russian, it was not a russian empire 2.0 (in this aspect at the least).
pashazz on
It proves that Russians weren’t the privileged nation in the USSR and Ukrainians (and everyone in fact) had access to high quality education.
And the best talents from across all the Union (and later, Warsaw Pact countries) worked on common scientific projects.
I see it is as an USSR W, despite the thread probably trying to prove otherwise.
If anything, EU should model itself after USSR. Not in terms of communism but in terms of international integration and cooperation.
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Ukraine just need few more of them
Did they do a genetic bloodline test?
Yangel was born in Russia, but he had one grandfather from Ukraine.
Korol’ov was born on Ukraine, but his father was Russian teacher from Russia.
I wonder what kind of criteria did they use to call them Ukrainians.
Not to be pretentious but most people need to realize the USSR in its post Stalin years didnt discriminate on national basis. You wouldnt be hired for something *just* because you are russian, although if you were russian and looking for a higher position you did have a higher chance of knowing people who could get you there.
HOWEVER that does not mean russians specifically were tread especially preferrably, especially compared to ukranians and belorussians. The nationalist outlook on this of course emerged in the 90s in both ukraine and russia, so now we look at it a bit differently. Keypoint -> russians didnt get it better for being russian, it was not a russian empire 2.0 (in this aspect at the least).
It proves that Russians weren’t the privileged nation in the USSR and Ukrainians (and everyone in fact) had access to high quality education.
And the best talents from across all the Union (and later, Warsaw Pact countries) worked on common scientific projects.
I see it is as an USSR W, despite the thread probably trying to prove otherwise.
If anything, EU should model itself after USSR. Not in terms of communism but in terms of international integration and cooperation.