Stalin's Poison Genius: The Mairanovsky Lab

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Stalin's Poison Genius: The Mairanovsky Lab

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In this episode of The Soviet Union: The Rise of a New Empire, Lucas and Luna delve into the secret world of Stalin's Laboratory No. 1, the top-secret NKVD facility where poison was weaponized for state assassinations. Learn about the enigmatic figure of Grigory Mairanovsky, the toxicologist who headed the lab, and his notorious work with poisons like ricin, curare, and digitoxin. Discover how the lab operated within the NKVD's 12th Department, testing substances on prisoners in the Gulag and developing invisible methods of killing for use against defectors, spies, and enemies of the state. The episode also covers the lab's involvement in the assassination of Ukrainian nationalist leaders, the mysterious death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's first wife, and the eventual fall and imprisonment of Mairanovsky himself. A chilling look at the intersection of science, terror, and power in Stalin's Soviet Union. #Stalin #NKVD #Mairanovsky #PoisonLab #SovietTerror #Gulag #Beria #PoliticalAssassination #Toxicology #Lubyanka #StalinEra #SovietUnion #SecretPolice #History #FexingoHistory #EasternEurope #20thCentury #TrueCrime Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo

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