Wednesday, January 12, 2011
On this day
in 1907, Sergei Korolev was born. Despite being denounced and imprisoned by Stalin for six years, Korolev because the leading Russian aerospace engineer and key to the Soviet spaceflight program.
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Stalin also shot all of the experienced officers and a fair few NCOs. He wasn't exactly the brightest about how to grow and economy or win a war, he was just good at the 'don't let anyone kick me out of power' thing.
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