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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

Author: Peter Pringle
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2008.
Edition/Format: Book : Biography : English : 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover edView all editions and formats
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Named Person: N I Vavilov; Joseph Stalin; N I Vavilov; Joseph Stalin
Material Type: Biography, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Pringle
ISBN: 9780743264983 0743264983
OCLC Number: 191751584
Description: xii, 370 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents: 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.
Responsibility: Peter Pringle.
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