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People often forget Yangel's R-56 proposal (of OKB-586, the modern ukrainian Yuzhnoye) for the soviet launcher bid; particularly the early 4-4-1 design; it was a modular approach that could lift 40-70 tons to LEO; a good payload for moonshots, it also could be transported by rail from Dnipro to Baikonur, contrary to the other heavy launcher proposals. But even the 6 meters monobloc version would have been pretty interesting, and a lot of its parts could be transported by canal from ukraine to baikonur.
The great thing is that Glushko was already working with him and they got along well together, and unlike Chelomei he isn't going to be sidelined once Khrushchev is deposed.