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VASKhNIL

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VASKhNIL

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Lysenko campaign attacks geneticists

đź“… 7 August 1948

A session of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences endorsed Trofim Lysenko’s theories and rejected genetics. The state imposed an ideological orthodoxy on biology, damaging research and...

Lysenko’s position wins state-backed dominance over Soviet genetics

đź“… 7 August 1948

At the end of the VASKhNIL session, Trofim Lysenko’s doctrine was declared the official line, with Stalin’s support. Genetics was marginalized, research and teaching were disrupted, and scientists...