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Korolev (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Sergei Korolev was born on December 30, 1906 (January 12, 1907, in the Gregorian calendar, currently in use in Russia) in the city of Zhitomir in present day Ukraine. |
 | | On June 27, 1938, in the height of Stalin's purges, Korolev was arrested and sent to the GULAG camps in Siberia. |
 | | On July 27, 1944, the authorities "paroled" Korolev and on Sept. 8, 1945, Korolev traveled to Germany for evaluation and restoration of A-4 ballistic missiles. |
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