Russian history#political, scientific, cultural and military

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Suresh S
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Russian history#political, scientific, cultural and military

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Russia remains and has been since independence India,s best friend and ally. There is general lack of understanding about things russian among the world in general.

Russia,s achievements over the centuries in science , technology, military affairs and cultural affairs is not given it,s due importance , one reason being west,s dominance over the preceding few centuries and it,s antipathy towards the so called "evil empire".

From Ivan the great to Ivan the terrible, from catherine the great to peter the great and from vladimir lenin and Josef stalin to vladimir Putin, Russia has had great leaders and despots in equal measure.

The bravery and fighting spirit of it,s people and their sacrifices are the stuff of legend during the great patriotic war during which almost every Russian family lost a family member. Never in the history of the human race so many people have died from one country in a war.

The extremely high soviet casualties figures are ( according to some estimates as many as 28 million )not given there due publicity due to the quite nature of the russian people and lies perpetrated by the western powers. The United states enterd the war on continental Europe when the back of the german army was already broken. The second world war was mainly won due to the extraordinary sacrifice and bravery of the Soviet and Russian people. This historical fact is not fully appreciated by the world especially the western world.

During the cold war soviet union was able to compete with the western powers inspite of the fact that the best and the brightest people from the entire world were available to them in the technological race. It is testimony to the brain power of the russian people ( I am using it here to mean the all 15 republics).

In my own speciality very important Russian contributions are simply not known even by the surgeons doing the procedures. The stapling devices used in abdominal surgery so ubiquitously now were invented in Russia. The use of stent grafts to treat abdominal and other aneurysms now routine in many parts of the world, the first procedure was done by a russian surgeon , the fact is almost unknown to the medical world while others bask in the glory of achievements which rightly belong to the russian people.

I would apperciate if mods will let this important thread begin and input from many knowledgable people on this board like shankarosky, philip, Austin , Dr shiv and many others will be appreciated.

With India at cross roads and lot of discussion going in the govt and media regarding making friends with the western world especifically USA, It is the right time to remind everyone who our real friends are and also appreciate the rich Russian culture and history which many are not aware of.
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Re: Russian history#political, scientific, cultural and mili

Post by ramana »

Cut this thread proliferation. Why cant you use the existing threads?
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