Few horrors can touch us as deeply and organically as the idea of a human ape hybrid, which would

seem a monstrosity almost beyond comprehension.

And yet, according to many, such beasts were actually developed by the Soviet Union

under Stalin in anticipation of war with the United States.

They would be super soldiers whose very existence was terrorism.

How far did this project actually go?

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Stalin's human ape hybrids.

It was the Soviet dictator's dream, soldiers with no fear, with superhuman strength and

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