"D.K." wrote in message

In article , "usertx"
"Michael Petukhov" wrote in message
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indeed. although as far as I know USSR also never officialy said
these lunar expeditions were for real. It was ignored in fact.
USSR was perhaps the only country in the world where "US moon
landings" were not broadcasted live on TV.

US moon landings were broadcasting in USSR! You are just too young
to remember.

Yep, they were broadcast. I vaguely remember it when I was a kid.
What I'd like to know is how widely Soviet space achievements
(Sputnik, Gagarin, Leonov, Tereshkova) were popularized in the USA?

I don't think "popularized" is the right word. Right from the first
one (I remember going out in the yard at night with my mother to spot
Sputnik twinkling over), it shocked the Hell out of Americans. We just
couldn't understand how those primitive, incompetent Russkis could
accomplish this! Of course, now we know they did it by spying and
stealing Western scientific info/techniques/equipment, but still...