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Part One: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People

Behind the Bastards

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Is Leshanko Taking Science From the People?

When Leshanko became chief scientist of the Soviet Union, he started getting the ability to purge people. He convinced a Stalin that Mendelian geneticists are fascist and was also able to convince Stalin to execute or exile possibly thousands of respected Russian geneticists for their fascist beliefs. One of the men that he has executed is Ilya Ivanov, the chimpanzee and cimination advocate. But thousands of other scientists who are actual scientists doing actual work are also getting purged.

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