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

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

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Stepniak: A Social Democrat's Guide to Freedom

Stepniak is kind of a what hasn't he done? Uh, so he was a Russian artillery officer, but then when he was 20 in 1871, he was like, I don't like this and he quit, right? Cause he got radicalized, became nihilist or whatever. Then fucks off to Italy where he joins in anarchist uprising in Benavento at 1877. And then he gets out of jail. It points to political turmoil causes people to get out of jail more. So after he's done this, keep that in mind listener. If you like, keep going, your friends are less likely to end up staying in jail. Yeah. Well, if

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