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Children of Dictators

Behind the Bastards

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Yakov Stalin

Nikolai Chichezku was the dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989. As an authoritarian ruler he ordered troops to fire on protesters. He acquired a giant art collection and had a side job helping to run the nation's best soccer team. His first son Valentin was initially meant to be the heir apparent but instead became a nuclear physicist which he still does today.

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