# Stalin's Ambitious Project to Create Super Soldiers Through Ape Insemination
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Chapter 1: The Vision of a New Soldier
"I desire to create an invulnerable human, one who feels no pain and is indifferent to the quality of their nourishment." — Joseph Stalin
In the 1920s, Joseph Stalin, the Soviet Union's leader, sought the expertise of Ilya Ivanov (1870-1932), a prominent figure in the field of insemination. Stalin's directive was clear: develop a living weapon to strengthen the Red Army. He envisioned soldiers who could not only defend the USSR but also dominate globally.
Who was Ilya Ivanov?
Ilya Ivanov earned his reputation as a leading authority in animal insemination after perfecting the technique for horse breeding. His methods enabled a single stallion to fertilize up to 500 mares, vastly outperforming natural breeding, which typically allowed for only 30. Animal breeders worldwide sought his innovative services, and he even succeeded in creating hybrids like zeedonks (zebra-donkey) and zubrón (European bison-cow).
Failed Experiments: Insemination Attempts
After receiving approximately $10,000 from the Soviet government, Ivanov traveled to French Guinea in Africa in 1926, aiming to test his theories by inseminating apes with human sperm. Despite overcoming initial challenges, he managed to inseminate three female chimpanzees, none of whom became pregnant.
Subsequently, he contemplated a more controversial approach: inseminating an African woman with chimpanzee sperm without her consent. Fortunately, his proposal was rejected by the French authorities. Upon returning to the USSR, he found five volunteers willing to undergo insemination with orangutan sperm. Unfortunately, his orangutan named Tarzan died, leaving him without a source for the needed sperm.
As Ivanov's efforts faltered, Stalin's patience dwindled, leading to Ivanov's arrest by the Soviet secret police in 1930. He was sentenced to five years in exile in Almaty, Kazakhstan, where he ultimately died from a stroke in 1932.
Chapter 2: The Case of Oliver, the Chimpanzee
In the context of hybridization, the case of Oliver, a performing chimpanzee, is noteworthy. Born in 1957, he exhibited distinct human-like traits, such as walking upright and a lack of body hair. Initially, he was marketed as a human-chimpanzee hybrid.
However, genetic testing in 1996 confirmed that Oliver was, in fact, a pure chimpanzee. Despite his physical characteristics resembling those of humans, he was not a hybrid.
The Ethics of Hybrid Experiments
In 1960, Chinese scientists attempted to create a human-chimpanzee hybrid but were unsuccessful. Such hybrids, often referred to as "humanzees," raise significant ethical questions. The potential for creating hybrids, akin to the camel-llama or donkey-horse hybrids, invites scrutiny regarding the morality of such endeavors.
Ivanov's desperation to please Stalin led him to consider unethical practices, such as inseminating uninformed African women with chimpanzee sperm. This brings to light the crucial need for ethical considerations in scientific exploration—an issue that, regrettably, remains relevant today. In 2018, a Chinese scientist made headlines for creating the first gene-edited baby, sparking a renewed debate on the ethics of genetic manipulation.
The second video titled "Mad Scientist Tried To Create a Ape Man Super Race To Take Over The World" explores these controversial attempts and the implications they hold for science and ethics.