Part 2: Viktor Ilyin, Would-Be Cosmonaut Assassin

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The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a motorcycle. We're back for part 2 of our series on Viktor Ilyin and the story leading up to the attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev in 1969. Find our merch store here!Support FTL on Patreon to unlock bonus content and join our Discord community!SOURCES: - Into the Cosmos, Asif Siddiqi and James Andrews- The First Cosmonaut Team, Colin Burgess and Rex Hall- Soyuz-4 and -5 crews perform docking, spacewalk between ships, Anatoly ZakFTL theme song by DJ Danarchy

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Part 2: Viktor Ilyin, Would-Be Cosmonaut Assassin

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