“When Your Science Is Banned in Your Country. Genetics in the USSR During the Lysenko Era: How to Publish Your Work Without Going to Prison?” — the second lecture from the series “Survival Guide (Through the Example of Science)”

“When Your Science Is Banned in Your Country. Genetics in the USSR During the Lysenko Era: How to Publish Your Work Without Going to Prison?” — the second lecture from the series “Survival Guide (Through the Example of Science)”

The idea of science as a “pure” activity independent from politics is highly romanticized and far from reality. Through the experiences of biologists from the Russian Empire, the USSR, and Russia in the 20th and early 21st centuries, this lecture explores how scientists technically continued their work — from designing experiments to publishing results — under conditions of war, repression, imprisonment, political persecution, forced emigration, and the Iron Curtain.