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Stalin invites Lysenko
to speak at the Kremlin, where Lysenko assails modern genetics, questions the loyalty
of the nation's scientists, and promises
that his revolutionary theories will end hunger in the USSR forever. Stalin likes what he hears. Within just a few years,
all other theories of genetics are banned, professors removed from their positions, and labs are shut down. Anybody who protests gets rooted out. There was a war that
got started within Soviet science, Soviet biology in particular,
uh, as a consequence of this
to speak at the Kremlin, where Lysenko assails modern genetics, questions the loyalty
of the nation's scientists, and promises
that his revolutionary theories will end hunger in the USSR forever. Stalin likes what he hears. Within just a few years,
all other theories of genetics are banned, professors removed from their positions, and labs are shut down. Anybody who protests gets rooted out. There was a war that
got started within Soviet science, Soviet biology in particular,
uh, as a consequence of this
Full Transcript
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Stalin invites Lysenko
to speak at the Kremlin,
00:00:04.921 --> 00:00:07.632
where Lysenko assails modern genetics,
00:00:07.715 --> 00:00:10.718
questions the loyalty
of the nation's scientists,
00:00:10.802 --> 00:00:14.097
and promises
that his revolutionary theories
00:00:14.018 --> 00:00:16.933
will end hunger in the USSR forever.
00:00:18.351 --> 00:00:20.027
Stalin likes what he hears.
00:00:21.354 --> 00:00:25.859
Within just a few years,
all other theories of genetics are banned,
00:00:25.942 --> 00:00:28.361
professors removed from their positions,
00:00:28.444 --> 00:00:30.029
and labs are shut down.
00:00:31.656 --> 00:00:34.784
Anybody who protests gets rooted out.
00:00:36.087 --> 00:00:40.415
There was a war that
got started within Soviet science,
00:00:40.498 --> 00:00:45.017
Soviet biology in particular,
uh, as a consequence of this.
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Movie Summary
Ruling with an iron fist requires an aspiring dictator to know the playbook for absolute power, as history's despots prove in this sardonic docuseries.
