Science and technology in the Soviet Union served as an important part of national politics, practices, and identity. From the time of Lenin until the dissolution of the USSR in the early 1990s, both science and technology were intimately linked to the ideology and practical functioning of the Soviet state and were pursued along paths both ...

Lysenkoism (Russian: лысенковщина, romanized: lysenkovshchina, IPA: [ɫɨˈsʲɛnkəfɕːɪnə]; Ukrainian: лисенківщина, romanized: lysenkivščyna, IPA: [lɪˈsɛnkiu̯ʃtʃɪnɐ]) was a political campaign led by the Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko against genetics and science-based agriculture in the mid-20th century ...

With the death of Joseph Stalin and the 20th Party Congress in 1956, restrictions on sociological research were somewhat eased, and finally, after the 23rd Party Congress in 1966, sociology in Soviet Union was once again officially recognized as an acceptable branch of science.

Below are ten Soviet inventions that have had a particular impact on health sciences, space exploration, and technology in everyday life.

Feb 1, 2010 · Lysenko, Joseph Stalin's director of biology, was head of a group of animal and plant breeders who rejected the science of genetics—particularly as developed by Gregor Mendel and Thomas Hunt ...

From groundbreaking space exploration and nuclear technology to significant advancements in medicine and engineering, Soviet science was driven by the state’s ambition to demonstrate its...

In the Soviet Union, science and technology served as an important part of national politics, practices, and identity. Soviet science was constructed by scientists who worked in Imperial Russia and where part of the intelligentsia, and who were allowed to …

Jun 11, 2014 · The most stable era of the Soviet Science System lasted from 1965 to 1991, spanning the slowly disintegrating Soviet Union from Leonid Brezhnev to Mikhail Gorbachev. (Some aspects of it continue—or are even being resurrected—under Vladimir Putin.)

Discover the dynamic evolution of Soviet science, where ambition met ideology, and delve into the complexities that shaped its remarkable legacy.

Mar 26, 2014 · Why was the Soviet research and development model so effective until the 1970s and what happened afterwards? The paradox of isolation Soviet scientists were certainly not public figures.