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The Russian Space Programe was a collective effort of the Soviet Union's various contending design groups. This military program was headed by Sergey Korolyov. This was a secretive programe until the success was ascertained. The original name of this programe was Soviet Space Programe and after the disintegration of the Soviet nation, it was known by its present name of Russian Space programe.
Sergey Korolyov was the principal head of the major design group of the Soviet Space Programe. During Gorbachev's rule many such space programes were brought into action but remained in veil to the public. The theory of space exploration was first introduced to the Russians long before the First World War by the influencing writings of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. Although they were published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they showed a great impact on the space programs of Russia since then. The concept of the multistage rocket evolved from those theories.
Great pioneers like Friedrich Zander ( German engineer) and Sergey Korolyov worked hard on the theories and developed the future space programes. However the responsibility of USSR space program was split between several design groups guided by Sergey Korolyov, Valentin Glushko, Mikhail Yangel and Vladimir Chelomei.
The projects of Russian Space Programe included Almaz space stations, Cosmos satellites, Buran shuttle, N1-L3 Manned Moon landing program, Luna Moon probe program, Mir space station, Meteor meteorological satellites, Energia, Sputnik program satellites, Tsicada navigation satellites, Voskhod programme spacecraft, Mars probe program and many more.
However the Soviet Space Programe faded away with the fall of the Soviet Union. Since then Russia and Ukraine became successors of this programe and called it Russian Space Programe. Russia developed the space program by building the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (Russian Federal Space Agency) while Ukraine created the National Space Agency of Ukraine (NSAU).
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