What was Sergei Korolev charged with when he was arrested?
Espionage
Robbery
Member of an anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary organization
Forgery
Answer
Sergei Korolev was charged with being a member of an anti-Soviet counter-revolutionary organization when he was arrested in 1938. He was sentenced to ten years in prison and sent to the Gulag. However, Korolev was able to continue his work on rocketry in prison and was eventually released in 1945.
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