The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story Of Soviet Science

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During the Soviet years, Russian science was touted as one of the greatest successes of the regime. Russian science was considered to be equal, if not superior, to that of the wealthy western nations. The Perversion of Knowledge, a history of Soviet science that focuses on its control by the KGB and the Communist Party, reveals the dark side of this glittering achievement. Based on the author's firsthand experience as a Soviet scientist, and drawing on extensive Russian language sources not easily available to the Western reader, the book includes shocking new information on biomedical experimentation on humans as well as an examination of the pernicious effects of Trofim Lysenko's pseudo-biology. Also included are many poignant case histories of those who collaborated and those who managed to resist, focusing on the moral choices and consequences. The text is accompanied by the author's own translations of key archival materials, making this work an essential resource for all those with a serious interest in Russian history. COVER PAGE TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT PAGE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS TABLES PHOTOS LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS FOREWORD ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION 1 SCIENCE UNDER SIEGE THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES: BEGINNINGS THE TACTICAL CENTER CASE AN APPEAL WITHOUT AN ANSWER CLASS SELECTION THE LAST STRAW CLEANSING THE PARTY KNOWS BETTER THE DOCTORS’ PLOT CASE, THE ALLILUEVA CASE, AND THE JAC CASE MEMORIES PSYCHOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS 2 DEADLY SCIENCE THE FIRST SECRET LABORATORIES THE LABORATORY OF DEATH: A SHORT HISTORY THE LAB AFTER MAIRANOVSKY EXPERIMENTS WARFARE AND SABOTAGE THE VICTIMS EXECUTIONS 3 COLLABORATORS MAIRANOVSKY’S CAREER MAIRANOVSKY’S COLLEAGUES SCIENTISTS WHO KNEW AND APPROVED THE GULAG’S “ACADEMICIANS,” GIDROPROEKT AND DALSTROI THE “ACADEMICIANS” BRIDGING SECURITY AND POLITICS “HONORARY RETIREMENT”FOR EXECUTIONERS INFORMERS SOME BITTER THOUGHTS 4 RESISTANCE NIKOLAI KOLTSOV’S STUDY IN 1920 PROTESTORS OF THE 1930S–1940S: VAVILOV AND PRYANISHNIKOV INFORMATION WITHIN THE ATOMIC PROJECT SOME OPPOSITION THE AUGUST 1948 SESSION: GENERAL FACTS THOSE WHO LOST AND THOSE WHO GAINED A TYPICAL LYSENKOIST THE CRUZIN CASE TWO WHO DID NOT BOW MORE OPPOSITION IN MOSCOW DISSENT FROM THE LATE 1950S TO THE 1970S GENERAL REMARKS EPILOGUE NOTES INTRODUCTION CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR EPILOGUE APPENDIX II APPENDIX I: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES APPENDIX II: TRANSLATED DOCUMENTS DOCUMENT 1 DOCUMENT 2 DOCUMENT 3 DOCUMENT 4 DOCUMENT 5 DOCUMENT 6 DOCUMENT 7 DOCUMENT 8 DOCUMENT 9 DOCUMENT 10 DOCUMENT 11 DOCUMENT 12 DOCUMENT 13 DOCUMENT 14 DOCUMENT 15 DOCUMENT 16 DOCUMENT 17 DOCUMENT 18 DOCUMENT 19 DOCUMENT 20 DOCUMENT 21 DOCUMENT 22 DOCUMENT 23 SELECTED READINGS Index