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The “Sixth Continent” of N. I. Vavilov (2012)

Kolchinskii, E. I. (Author)
Shalimov, S. V. (Author)

VIET: Voprosy Istorii Estestvoznaniia i Tekhniki
Volume: 12, no. 4
Issue: 4
Pages: 16-50

Publication Date: 2012
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Russian.
Language: Russian

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Science and ideology Science and politics Controversies and disputes 20th century, early Soviet Union Vavilov, Nikolai Ivanovich Lysenko, Trofim Denisovich

Novel archival findings from the communist party archives in St. Petersburg document the first public attacks on N. I. Vavilov during the period of the "cultural revolution," 1929-1932. He was accused of mistakes in research strategies, aloofness to praxis, and of promotion of bourgeois scientific ideas that were foreign to Marxism. Vavilov consequently lost control over appointments in many of the institutions he directed. The documentary record disproves the popular myth about competition between the two scientific schools of Vavilov and Lysenko as primarily responsible for the conflict. Attacks on Vavilov had started even before Lysenko rose to a position of any major authority in the community of agronomists and breeders. They were inspired by party activists and motivated by political and careerist consideration, with only an insignificant scientific component.

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Description Regarding the political attacks on Vavilov before Lysenko's rise to power.

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