During the Cold War, Russia revealed to the world that it had invented every possible thing used by people, to wit, The:
Telephone
TV
Telegraph
Cotton Gin
Dinnerware
etc, etc, well you get the idea.
Some skeptics had doubts now and then, but there is no doubt about this contribution:
Russia Knows How To Stifle Crying
Look at photo taken at Russian hospital where staff invented way to keep them from listening to crying.
