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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 History of Nihilism

The arm jostler was sent to Siberia and went insane. He gets held up as like a propaganda hero by the monarchists. The annoying thing is that all of those people are right. There's no Russian autocrats that need killing. This is the 19th century we're talking about. I'm getting into bummer territory anyway. Let's talk about the guys who wanted to die killing bizarre.

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