Though there is no doubt in my mind that Russia and Russian people have done many things and given many contributions to human development, I feel too much credit to the country and it's people has been given for things that they have not achieved.
As I surveyed the list of famous Azerbaijanis born into Russian society, it seems they were not noted for their ethnic origin, but rather their country of birth has been given all the credit for their achievements and history remembering them as "Russian achievements."
While it's true that these famous people used Russian resources and most were probably educated in Russian society, they deserve the credit of being non-Russian contributors to Russia and the world. So do their countries deserve credit for producing such brilliant people.
For instance if there was an achievement or contribution to humanity by a Russian scientist or any other profession, it would be known as a Russian achievement.
Likewise, the achievements of these great Georgian, German, Azerbaijani and others should also be credited to their respective nations.
At first I did not trust the Wikipedia list of famous Azerbaijani contributors to Russian society and humanity, but further research showed it to be true.
For example Kerim Kerimov was the head of the Soviet space program.
Mr Karimov was ethnically Azerbaijani, so Azerbaijan does deserve some credit for his work and brilliance.
General Maksud Alixanov was another ethnic Azeri who was a general in the Czarist imperial army.
Hazi Aslanov was a famous hero in the Soviet army killed in World War Two.
Joseph Stalin was an ethnic Georgian. Though a brutal leader, he should still be known as a Georgian instead of Russian or best as a Georgian leader of a Russian dominated society (the Soviet Union).
A friend of mine told me the other day that Catharine The Great was an ethnic German.
To my knowledge, Catherine conquered most of the landmass that today constitutes the Russian Federation.
So some credit at least should be given to Germany for her conquest and the formation of the Russian state.
Likewise there are many famous "Russians" that most people ignorantly think of when they think of Russian achievements, not knowing that these "Russians" were Azerbaijanis, Georgians or others.
People will be surprised that many of Russia's best known achievements from poetry, linguistics, space exploration to discovery of energy resources inside the modern Russian Federation are owed to Azerbaijanis and other mostly former Soviet nationalities, yet the credit goes almost entirely to Russia- wrongly so.
As I stated earlier in this post, the achievements of a nation like Russia are nothing small and there are many Russians who should be credited for their contributions to humanity, but at the same time it is wrong to credit non-Russian scientists, generals, millionaires and others who made great achievements as simply "Russian."
To give full credit to a country for the achievements of other nations is a way of stealing history, which many people now days have noticed and speak against.
Moreover it's an immoral thing to steal others achievements and so history needs to be reviewed to prevent such thievery from happening.
The videos below show some famous Chuvash and Azerbaijani people who seem to have been amongst the most successful people in Soviet history:
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