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minus-squareZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·8 months agoIn 1861 Russia abolished serfdom. In 1961 Gagarin reached space. It’s just barely implausible a person born a serf could have seen their descendant explore space.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·8 months agoSay what you will about the USSR (and I certainly will) but they did develop and industrialize incredibly quickly.
minus-square小莱卡@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoA sense of urgency accomplishes great things.
minus-squaresamus12345@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·8 months agoThey got nothin’ on Japan, though.
In 1861 Russia abolished serfdom.
In 1961 Gagarin reached space.
It’s just barely implausible a person born a serf could have seen their descendant explore space.
Say what you will about the USSR (and I certainly will) but they did develop and industrialize incredibly quickly.
A sense of urgency accomplishes great things.
They got nothin’ on Japan, though.
Also the atomic bomb.