They're more innovative. Move fast and break things, right?

Early on they rushed poorly designed submarines out with poorly trained crews and poor leadership. There was also a blame culture eg welding rescue bouys to the hull because if they came loose accidentally then the factory would be punished!

This is well described eg in Nat Geo book on K19.

That’s exactly the way it’s been done over Russian history. Except for the long periods of moving slow and killing citizens.

Apparently they also designed heavily for survivability, more so than the American subs.

So sounds more like calculated risks.

There was a profound disregard for safety in most branches of the Red Army.

People were the cheapest resource in Russia since about forever.

Is it better if they are not your own citizens?