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1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed. |
| Description |
xii, 370 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
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 |
Vavilov, N. I. (Nikola Ivanovich), 1887-1943.
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Plant breeders -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Plant geneticists -- Soviet Union -- Biography.
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953.
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Political purges -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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Political atrocities -- Soviet Union -- History -- 20th century.
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Vavilov, N. I (Nikola Ivanovich), 1887-1943. |
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953. |
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Genetics. |
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Communism -- history. |
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Genetics -- history. |
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History, 20th Century. |
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Russia. |
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Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 (OCoLC)fst00053304
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Vavilov, N. I. (Nikola Ivanovich), 1887-1943. (OCoLC)fst00093668
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Plant breeders. (OCoLC)fst01065285
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Plant geneticists. (OCoLC)fst01065458
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Political atrocities. (OCoLC)fst01069207
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Political purges. (OCoLC)fst01069672
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Soviet Union. (OCoLC)fst01210281
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| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
9780743264983 (hardcover) |
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0743264983 (hardcover) |
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