Part 1: Nikolai Kibalchich, the Rocket Pioneer Who Blew up the Tsar

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Part 1: Nikolai Kibalchich, the Rocket Pioneer Who Blew up the Tsar

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8 months ago

Part 1: Nikolai Kibalchich, the Rocket Pioneer Who Blew up the Tsar

A travelling clown, a socialist revolutionary, an assassin, an edgelord. Today, we talked to Kelly from Canuck is a Slur about the strange life of one of the first men to theorize manned rockets and also blew up Tsar Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Come back for Part 2, where we cover the assassination and how he factors into space history.

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- Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich: Terrorist Rocket Pioneer, Lee B Croft

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