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- Title
The consequences of political dictatorship for Russian science.
- Authors
Soyfer, V N
- Abstract
The Soviet communist regime had devastating consequences on the state of Russian twentieth century science. Country Communist leaders promoted Trofim Lysenko--an agronomist and keen supporter of the inheritance of acquired characters--and the Soviet government imposed a complete ban on the practice and teaching of genetics, which it condemned as a "bourgeois perversion". Russian science, which had previously flourished, rapidly declined, and many valuable scientific discoveries made by leading Russian geneticists were forgotten.
- Publication
Nature reviews. Genetics, 2001, Vol 2, Issue 9, p723
- ISSN
1471-0056
- Publication type
Review
- DOI
10.1038/35088598