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Part One: Russian Nihilists: The Gender-bending Subculture that Blew Up the Tsar

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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The Uncomed Hair of the Nihilists

Nihilists were a Russian subcultures that went ungroomed. They would meet in crypts and play decadent music from France and England. Their fashion choices were influenced by the West as well. One of them kind of invented rocket science, but we'll get to that later.

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