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Soviets in Space: The People of the USSR and the Race to the Moon
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- 9781399004862
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1399004867
ISBN-13
9781399004862
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11057246060
Product Key Features
Book Title
Soviets in Space : the People of the USSR and the Race to the Moon
Number of Pages
232 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2022
Topic
Russia & the Former Soviet Union, Modern / 20th Century, Space Science, General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Transportation, Science, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Length
9.1 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
629.40947
Synopsis
The victory over Nazi Germany in 1945, in which the Soviet Union played both the greatest part and suffered the greatest losses, found the country in a state of devastation. Military strength could not compensate for the damage wreaked by war, especially in the western areas of the USSR.Within just over ten years, not only was Stalin dead and the relative freedoms of the Khrushchev 'Thaw' in progress, but the Soviet Union was ahead in the Space Race - beating the enormous wealth and resources of the USA, launching Soviet citizens from ordinary backgrounds quite literally into worlds beyond our own. The communist dream seemed alive and well.The story of those years has rarely been told from a Soviet perspective: Cold War journalism and historical accounts written in the West tend to portray the space race in terms of ideological competition - with success and failure mirroring power and influence in a world divided between capitalism and communism. Whilst the military on both sides certainly benefited from the cutting edge technological advance of the space programs, for the people of the USSR the prestige of their successes offered proof that 'real existing socialism' was moving mankind onto new levels of peaceful progress. Agriculture and railway building initiatives tried to involved ordinary people in other pioneering projects to build socialism before the dream shattered in the 1980s.Extensively illustrated with images from the time, this book looks at the years of Soviet space success, their background, the personalities involved, and their impact on the ordinary people of the USSR., Extensively illustrated with images from the time, this book looks at the years of Soviet space success, their background, the personalities involved, and their impact on the ordinary people of the USSR.
LC Classification Number
TL789.8
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