Georgii Nadson
Georgii Adamovich Nadson (June 4 [
Leningrad to Moscow and later transformed into the Institute of Microbiology). He was director of the institute until 1937, when he was "falsely accused of participating in so-called anti-Soviet sabotage and terrorism and arrested"[1] On April 14, 1939, he was found guilty of participation in a terrorist organization, and on the next day he was shot and buried at the Kommunarka shooting ground.[3] The real reason for his execution was his opposition to Lysenkoism.[citation needed
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Ulvella nadsonii, a species of algae, is named for him.
References
- ^ a b D. I. Nikitin. Soil Microbiology at the Institute of Microbiology. Russian Academy of Sciences
- S2CID 34671745.
- ^ Курсанова, Татьяна А. (2017). "Судьба учёного в контексте идеологической борьбы в Академии наук в СССР. К 150-летию академика Г. А. Надсона (1867-1939)" [The fate of a scientist in the context of the ideological struggle in the Academy of Sciences in the USSR. To the 150th anniversary of Academician G. A. Nadson (1867-1939)]. Историко-биологические исследования (in Russian). Retrieved 1 Dec 2022.
I. E. Mishustina. History of Marine Microbiology in Russia (the Soviet Union) in the Second Half of the 20th Century. https://doi.org/10.1023%2FA%3A1025863006270
External links
- Georgii Adamovich Nadson at www.cybertruffle.org.uk
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