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>The point is not about the most advanced technology, but how you apply it. This not only applies to space technology but also other fields where the russian certainly were not stupid: Medical.
Of course working with nuclear stuff is a little easier if you are willing to completely lay waste to a portion of your country considerably larger than Holland and poison generations of your people while failing to deliver the most basic goods and services and funneling most of your resources to a cynical kleptocracy. <g>
BTW for all the "medical achievements" do some research on how many hospitals in the USSR did not even have hot water.
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