General Information

Author/Creator

Medvedev, Zhores A., 1925-2018

Language

English.

Published

New York : Norton, c1978.

Physical Description

xii, 262 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subjects

Subject

Science > Soviet Union > History.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

Zhores A. Medvedev.

Content

The socialist revolution and Russian science (1917-1921) -- The golden years of Soviet science (1922-1928) -- The first wave of Stalin's purges and industrial reconstruction (1929-1936) -- Stalin's Great Terror (1936-1940) and the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) -- The postwar period (1946-1953) -- Khrushchev's reforms and scientific development in the USSR (1953-1964) -- The main aspects of the development of science and technology during the first stage of the post-Khrushchev period (1965-1971) -- Detente and Soviet science (1972-1977) -- Some forecasts. -- Appendices. I. A new controversy in Soviet genetics -- II. The Ural nuclear disaster of 1957.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 300 - RFE/RL collection

ISBN

0393064352

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	General collection	509/.47 MED		General Stacks	-

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