Awarded International Space Hall of Fame (1976).
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Nikolai Kibalchich
Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich was a Russian revolutionary and rocket pioneer of Serbian origin who took part in the assassination of Tsar Alexander II as the main explosive expert for Narodnaya Volya. He was a distant cousin of revolutionary Victor Serge.
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Born 19 October 1853 · Died 3 April 1881 · Q723519
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1917· 1 entry
Nikolai Rynin, after hearing rumors of the design, rediscovered the manuscript in the archives and published an account of it 1918 in the historic magazine Byloye (Былое, The Past), including Kibalchich's description of
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1891· 1 entry
Similar ideas were developed independently by the German engineer Hermann Ganswindt
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Died 1881-04-03.
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Entered St Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers, and in 1873, he entered Saint Petersburg Emperor Military Medical Academy to study medicine, additionally working on experiments into pulsed rocket propulsion
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Born 1853-10-19.
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Into a clerical family as the son of an Orthodox parish priest of Serbian origin
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