10 Soviet Union Engineering Achievements

Obviously, there are more than ten inventions from Soviet Union as well as Russian Empire era.

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Here are ten great Soviet Union engineering facts:
10. VA-111 Shkval (ВА-111 «Шквал»)
introduced in 1970s, it is the first torpedo to use supercavitation which helps it to cruise at speed of 230 mph (370 km/h).

9. Orbita (орбита)
First ever national satellite television system in the world by utilizing Mulniya satellites. Successfully tested in 1962 using Orbita satellite. However, it was full operational in 1967.

8. Nuclear-powered icebreaker (Атомный ледокол)
The best kind of icebreaker. Effectively better than diesel counterpart due to lightweight. USSR/Russia are the only place produced it.

7. Antonov An-225 Mriya (Антонов Ан-225 Мрія)
The longest and the heaviest airplane ever made. Initially built to piggyback Buran, Soviet answers to USA's space shuttle. However, Buran remains a prototype and now after USSR ended, this 6 turbofan engine use for carrying oversize payloads around the world.

5. Sputnik 1(Спутник-1)
First ever artificial satellite. Launched from Boikonur Cosmodrome into low Earth orbit on October 4th, 1957. This success launch created panic in USA called 'Sputnik Crisis' which also triggered Space Race.

4. Vostok 1(Восток-1)
Another event that panicked USA and its allies. Soviet managed to send its astronaut into space: Yuri Gagarin on Vostok-1 on 12th April 1961.

3. RD series rocket engine (Ракетный Двигатель)
Developed during 1960s, multi-staged rocket burning system beat any US-made in terms of energy efficiency. Due to this fact, after USSR, few engine models such as RD-170 and RD-180 are used in many NASA rocket such as Atlas.

2. Ilizarov apparatus (Компрессионно-дистракционный аппарат)
used in orthopedic surgery to lengthen or reshape limb bones. In 1971, Ilizarov Center was purposely established for orthopedic and become the world largest orthopedic medical research center.

1. Ostankino Tower (Останкинская телебашня)
In 1960s, Soviet government found themselves in need of broadcasting system in the middle of Moscow. Since the nearest mountain/hill is 300 miles away, they decided to construct 1,772 feet (540.1 m) high television and observation tower in Ostankino. The tower became the tallest tower in the world between 1967 to 1975.

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[baghazukhov]

A medieval, peasants nation transformed into an industrial superpower. And broke several glass ceilings in all scientific fronts. Accomplished incredible feats of engineering and design .
Massive respect to the Soviet Union and the collective of sheer human effort that made it possible.

[chunnel]

you forgot something very important: THE EDUCATION SYSTEM - as quality and substance, it is the best!!!

[bubba]

Buran was not really a prototype. It flew in 1988, unmanned and landed completely automated. Something the Spaceshuttle could not do.

[farcraf]

The USSR did all this, waved, said goodbye, and disappeared into the future.

[MohamedGamil]

I traveled to Russia last year, part of me never came back, such a beautiful country, people and culture. Long Live Russia

[labibtazwar]

In our history book
America was the first nation to sent a man in outer space
I was laughing so much
As my teacher and classmates didn't know that the Soviet Union was the first
I had to argue with my teacher and had to be sent to the principal's office for it

[categories]

If the USSR never fell we'd probably be walking on Mars in 2022

[akhileshchukka]

As an American 🇺🇸 I agree Soviet Union outnumbered all countries in science 👍

[ajaysheoran]

1957: Launch of the first intercontinental ballistic missile R-7 Semyorka.

 1957: First orbiting satellite, Sputnik 1.

 1957: First living in orbit, the dog Laika on Sputnik 2.

 1959: Launch of a missile, the first man-made object to leave the Earth's orbit, Luna 1

 1959: Telemetry – First communication to and from the ground, Luna 1.

 1959: First object to pass near the moon, and the first object in orbit around the Moon, Luna 1.

 1959: First satellite hit the moon, Luna 2.

 1959: First images of the dark side of the moon, Luna 3.

 1960: First satellite to be launched to Mars, the Marsnik 1.

 1961: First satellite to Venus, Venera 1.

 1961: The first person to enter orbit around the Earth, Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1.

 1961: The first person to spend a day in orbit, Gherman Titov – Vostok 2.

 1962: First flight of two astronauts (estimate), Vostok 3 and Vostok 4.

 1963: First woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok 6.

 1964: First flight of several astronauts (3), Voskhod 1.

 1965: First spacewalk, Aleksei Leonov, Voskhod 2.

 1965: First probe to another planet Venus, Venera 3.

 1966: First probe to descend on the moon and send from there, Luna 9.

 1966: First probe in lunar orbit, Luna 10.

 1967: First meeting of unmanned Cosmos 186/Cosmos 188 (until 2006 this feat was not imitated by the United States).

 1969: First docking and crew exchange in orbit, Soyuz 4 and Soyuz 5

1970:. First signals sent to the moon by Luna 16.

 1970: First mobile robot, Lunokhod 1.

 1970: The first data sent by a probe from another planet (Venus), Venera 7.

 1971: First space station, Salyut 1.

 1971: First satellite in orbit around Mars and landing on Mars 2.

 1975: First satellite in orbit around Venus and sending data to earth, Venera 9.

 1984: First woman to walk in space, Svetlana Savitskaja (Salyut 7)

 1986: First team to visit two space stations Salyut and Mir (7).

 1986: First permanent space station in Earth orbit, the MIR orbit from 1986 to 2001.

 1987: First team to spend more than a year aboard Mir, Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov.

[rodrigovb]

"Tower 1st place".
MIR: "Am I a joke to you?"

[emirb.a.d]

What a great country, with great achievements, all respects to Russia and ex USSR <3

[saketsharma]

Loyal friend of USSR - India here.
Dearest USSR, You will always live in our hearts.

[Commentator]

Lada Niva!!! Cheap reliable SUV that is still one of the most capable off road vehicles out there!!! The tanks?

[aqshaberlianalmakawi]

10 Soviet Union Engineering Achievements

1. VA-111 Shkval, introduced in 1970s, first torpedo to use supercavitation which helps it to swim 230 mph (~370km/h).
2. Orbita, first ever national satellite television system, succesfully tested in 1962, fully operational in 1967.
3. Nuclear-powered Icebreaker, the best kind of icebreaker, effectively better than diesel counterpart, only produced in USSR/Russia.
4. Antonov An-225 Mriya, the longest and heavist airplane ever made, initially built for transportating the Buran, now carrying oversize payloads.
5. AK-47, including copies, it's the world's most produced assault rifle, roughly 75 miilion units, cheap and reliable.
6. Sputnik 1, first ever artificial earth satellite, launched from Boiknour Cosmodrome into low earth orbit on 4th October 1957.
7. Vostok 1, first successful manned spaceflight, lauched on April 12, 1961; with Yuri Gagarin on board.
8. RD Series Rocket Engine, developed during Space Race, used even by NASA today thanks to its amazing effiency and reliability.
9. Ilizarov Apparatus, used in orthopedicsurgery to lengthen or reshape limb bones, in 1971, Ilizarov Center was purposely establised for orthopedic
10. Ostankino Tower, world's tallest tower between 1967-1975 with height of 1, 772 ft (540, 1 m ).

But there are some achievements of the Soviet Union that were not included in this video such as:

1. Tupolev Tu-144
2. Mir Space Station

[GaryHField]

I’m so sad for the fate of the Soviet Union :(
They were the only stumbling block on America’s Imperialist ambitions. If it still exists, the world would have checks and balances in power. Long live the Soviet Union.

[Commentator]

All of those and The first to reach the Moon, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, also first long term robot on a celestial body for it's Luna missions, the surgery in suspended animation, deep freezing the entire body to prevent shock and excessive bleeding for delicate brain and heart surgery, First nuclear powered airplane engine, first nuclear powered rocket, first space station, first commercial shipping route over the North pole. Pretty much everything and anything that requires machinery and rocketry Russians did either first or real world best (cheap and reliable). US is the best at it and raw material extraction, China in mass production and let's not give Germans any ideas as they are kinda the best at everything and we all know where that led the last two times.

[Mystang]

On June 27, 1954, the Obninsk Nuclear Power Plant in the USSR became the world's first nuclear power plant to generate electricity for a power grid, producing around 5 megawatts of electric power.

[nikolaybritun]

Tower is nothing compared to the other achievements.. What about TU-144 ?

[PaddyPatrone]

lol, a shitty building is not more important than first time humas went to space. Who the hell did this rating?

[NoreenHoltzen]

Innovation in Soviet Union was actually enormous compared to most Western economies, furthermore whilst being sanctioned and artificially shut out from supplies by the West. I am struggling to think what innovation Australia came up with in the 20th C other than some of the university research which has nothing to do with markets, but nothing close to the innovation under the Soviet system. Most of the innovation in USA was likewise from the State sector (silicon chip design, Algol and C langages, just about every internet protocol, GPS, almost everything you find in your mobile phone had the difficult early innovative work conducted not in the private sector but the State sector). Soviet Union were in space ten years before the US could even imagine it being possible, etc. It is true that there were waits for products - so demand response latency was weakness, and could be solved - but there also was not the same ludicrous overproduction and energy placed towards marketing that we are presently trapped with.