Sergei Korolev, the chief designer of Sputnik, suffered severe physical abuse during Stalin's purges in 1938 when NKVD interrogators broke his jaw at Lubyanka prison and he was sent to a Kolyma gold camp where scurvy destroyed most of his teeth; the Kremlin classified his identity as merely 'chief designer,' and in 1966, surgeons could not insert a breathing tube into his ruined jaw, leading to his death on the operating table.
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The Jaw That Killed Sputnik's CreatorAñadido:
Did you know the secret chief designer of Sputnik had his jaw broken by Stalin's interrogators in 1938?
In June 1938, NKVD interrogators broke Sergei Korolev's jaw at Lubyanka prison, then shipped him to a Kolyma gold camp where scurvy took most of his teeth. The Kremlin classified his identity calling him only chief designer.
In January 1966, surgeons could not pry his ruined jaw open to fit a breathing tube. He died on the table.
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