Georgii Karpechenko
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Georgii Dmitrievich Karpechenko (1899 - 1941) was a Russian and Soviet biologist.
Worked on cytology and invented several hybrids.
He was arrested by the NKVD under the false grounds of belonging to an alleged "anti-Soviet group" centered around the well known Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov. He was sentenced to death and executed on July 28, 1941.
Reference:
Birstein, Vadim J. The Perversion of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science. Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, 2001.
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