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Children of Dictators

Behind the Bastards

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The Big Brain on the Chachetscu's

Zoya Chachetscu was the middle daughter. Nikolay and Alina did something right because she also got a PhD. Zoya became a bit of a dissident but that really seems to have been more of a way to get back at her mom than out of a real commitment to justice. The same cannot be said for Nicku, their youngest child. Since Valentin had chosen a life of the mind Nicku was seen as the Chachescu's best bet for establishing a communist dynasty. I'm gonna quote children of monsters again here. From his mid teens Nicku was an out of control drunk and a rapist. He raped at will and his will was ferocious and un

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