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The murder of Nikolai Vavilov : the story of Stalin's persecution of one of the great scientists of the twentieth century Peter Pringle.

Title
  1. The murder of Nikolai Vavilov : the story of Stalin's persecution of one of the great scientists of the twentieth century Peter Pringle.
Published by
  1. New York : Simon & Schuster, c2008.
Author
  1. Pringle, Peter, 1940 June-

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Description
  1. xii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 25 cm.
Summary
  1. Describes the life and career of Nikolai Vavilov, a Soviet botanist who created the world's first seed bank, and his political problems and persecution later in life that resulted in his imprisonment and death.
Subject
  1. Stalin, Joseph
  2. Vavilov, N. I
  3. Vavilov, N. I. 1887-1943
  4. Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
  5. Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953
  6. Vavilov, N. I. 1887-1943
  7. Sovetskaja Associacija Meždunarodnogo Prava
  8. Geschichte 1916-1943
  9. 1900-1999
  10. Geschichte 1916-1943
  11. Genetics
  12. Communism
  13. History, 20th Century
  14. Genetics > history
  15. Communism > history
  16. Genetics
  17. Plant breeders > Soviet Union > Biography
  18. Plant geneticists > Soviet Union > Biography
  19. Political purges > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
  20. Political atrocities > Soviet Union > History > 20th century
  21. Communism > history > Russia > Biography
  22. Genetics > history > Russia > Biography
  23. Russia
Genre/Form
  1. Biography
  2. Biographies
  3. History
  4. Biographies.
  5. History.
Contents
  1. Prologue : Ukraine, August 6, 1940 -- Moscow, December 1905 -- The Petrovka and Katya -- In Darwin's library -- Moscow, Summer 1916 -- On the roof of the world, 1916 -- Revolution and civil war -- The gardener of Kozlov -- Lenochka -- Petrograd : city of ravens -- Ingots of platinum -- Afghanistan, 1924 -- Abyssinia, 1926 -- The barefoot scientist -- The great break -- State security file 006854 -- The passionate patriot -- A modest compromise -- The Red professor -- The last expedition -- Thunder and dragons -- The Lysenko Offensive -- The showdown -- The terror -- Into the pyre -- Comrad philosophers -- The arrest -- The interrogation -- Return to Saratov -- "Oleg, where are you?" -- Epilogue. Vavilov's ghost ; main events in the life of Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ; sources and archives.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-346) and index.
Processing action (note)
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