Repression of science in the Soviet Union

Many fields of scientific research in the Soviet Union were banned or suppressed with various justifications. All humanities and social sciences were tested for strict accordance with historical materialism. These tests served as a cover for political suppression of scientists who engaged in research labeled as "idealistic" or "bourgeois".^[1] Many scientists were fired, others were arrested and sent to Gulags. The suppression of scientific research began during the Stalin era and continued after his death.^[2]

The consequences of ideologically motivated persecution had dramatic effects on many fields of Soviet science.^[1]^[3]^[4]

^ ^a ^b Loren R. Graham (2004). Science in Russia and the Soviet Union. A Short History. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-28789-0
^ Loren R. Graham, Science and philosophy in the Soviet Union. New York, 1972 ^{[ISBN missing]}
^ Mark Walker (2002) Science and Ideology. A Comparative History. Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-27122-6
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[Graham_2004-1] Loren R. Graham (2004). Science in Russia and the Soviet Union. A Short History. Series: Cambridge Studies in the History of Science. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-28789-0

[2] Loren R. Graham, Science and philosophy in the Soviet Union. New York, 1972 ^{[ISBN missing]}

[Walker_2002-3] Mark Walker (2002) Science and Ideology. A Comparative History. Series: Routledge Studies in the History of Science, Technology and Medicine. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-27122-6

[:0-4] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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