Lysenkoism is a term used by geneticists and historians to describe the pseudoscientific practices of Russian horticulturist Trofim Denisovich Lysenko [1898-1976] in the totalitarian Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the first half of...

The disastrous effects of Lysenkoism, a term used to describe the impact of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko's (1898-1976) influence upon science and agriculture in the Soviet Union during the first half of the 20th century, darkly illustrates the...

Lysenkoism is a term given to the repressive political and social campaigns undertaken in science and agriculture by the powerful Stalinist director of the Soviet Institute of Genetics, Trofim Denisovich Lysenko and his followers, which began in the...

The World of Mykola Lysenko: Ethnic Identity, Music, and Politics in Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Ukraine. By Taras Filenko and Tamara Bulat. (Edmonton: Ukrainian Millennium Foundation, 2001. Pp. viii + 434, foreword, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, photographs, appendices, bibliography, index. $55.00 cloth) In...

EN LA POSGUERRA, Stalin decretó que la genética era una "ciencia burguesa". La línea oficial sobre el desarrollo de los seres vivos era la doctrina desarrollada por Trofim Lysenko, de cuestionables credenciales científicas pero incuestionada fidelidad al partido, según el cual las plantas...

When Masha Spivak's parents and two siblings were killed in Ukraine during the Holocaust, she decided to go into hiding.Two of her teachers heard about her family, took her in and helped her change her Jewish identity _ at a huge risk to their own...

IOC President Jacques Rogge said serious doping offenders would be banned from the next Olympics even if their regular suspension had already ended.Rogge told a news conference Friday that such a penalty could effectively amount to a four-year ban for athletes. Only if the athletes...