Did Russia Invent The Parachute?

Did Russia Invent The Parachute? Gleb Yevgeniyevich Kotelnikov (Russian: Глеб Евгеньевич Котельников, January 30 [O.S. January 18] 1872 – November 22, 1944), was the Russian-Soviet inventor of the knapsack parachute (first in the hard casing and then in the soft pack), and braking parachute. Who invented the backpack parachute? When was it designed? Who was