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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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The Czar's Plan to Kill Hitler

The plot to kill the Russian czar was similar to those of other revolutionary movements. In addition to mining the road, they have four people on standby with grenades and someone else has a gun and a dagger. "I really appreciate that they included the dagger because by God, it's what they're good at," he says. The leader of the whole thing was arrested two days before they were going to do it.

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