The Situation in the Biological Science, Verbatim Record of the Infamous 1948 Session of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences Denouncing Genetics and Persecuting Geneticists, 1949.
Measures approx. 6" x 9", 631 pp., in leatherette-wrapped beveled hard cover. Published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow.
In excellent condition, showing minimal wear to the corners of the hard cover, and minimal foxing to the fore edge and top edge of the textblock. The internal pages are all intact and clean, a few of them showing a few small checkmarks in lead pencil.
This book provides a rare opportunity for an English speaker to familiarize with one of the most scandalous campaigns of Stalin's regime, the infamous session of the VASKhNIL (Russian abbrev
Measures approx. 6" x 9", 631 pp., in leatherette-wrapped beveled hard cover. Published by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow.
In excellent condition, showing minimal wear to the corners of the hard cover, and minimal foxing to the fore edge and top edge of the textblock. The internal pages are all intact and clean, a few of them showing a few small checkmarks in lead pencil.
This book provides a rare opportunity for an English speaker to familiarize with one of the most scandalous campaigns of Stalin's regime, the infamous session of the VASKhNIL (Russian abbreviation for All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences) in which Genetics was officially labeled as a false science. From that moment on, a geneticist became prey to persecution, arrest, and imprisonment. Over 100 geneticists were fired, some sent to GULAG. The most outstanding and influential geneticist Nikolai Vavilov was sentenced to death based on nothing but Lysenko's made-up false accusations. His death sentence was commuted to 20 years of prison where he died three years later, officially from pellagra. All genetic research was halted. The Dark Ages for Genetics lasted until after Khrushchev was replaced at the helm of the country in 1964. (Khrushchev was a wholehearted supporter of Lysenko's ideas). But even then, Lysenko was just swept under the rug of Soviet politics and science as an embarrassment, any open criticism of him a reminder of the mistakes of the top Soviet leadership.
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