From: gknysh
Message: 64535
Date: 2009-08-01
>--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, george knysh <gknysh@> wrote:****GK: Not exactly. He was born in Ukraine, his mother was Ukrainian (his father was Russian but ran out on them) and his early years were spent with his maternal grandparents. He started his career there too before moving to Russia. Cf.
> > --- On Fri, 7/31/09, Koenraad Elst <koenraad.elst@> wrote:
> >--- In cybalist@... s.com, "tgpedersen" <tgpedersen@ ...> wrote:
> >
> > > Regardless of their supposed higher intelligence (which would make Ukraine an IQ hotspot?)<<
> >
> > (KE) Remember "rocket science"? The Russians were the first in space, Gagarin was from some Ural district, pretty close to the putative Urheimat ;-)
>
> (TP)Realizing that he built the rocket himself, my admiration for the Ukrainians grows by leaps and bounds.
> And the name of the next one was German Titov. Huh? Get it?
> Korovlëv was Russian, in any case
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Korolyov *****