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Science as Social Mobility Path
- Early 20th century Russia excelled in science despite social stagnation.
- Science offered one of the few paths to social mobility in tsarist Russia.
Ilya Ivanov's Ape-Human Experiment
- Ilya Ivanov attempted to hybridize humans and apes using sperm insemination.
- His unethical experiments were halted and discredited after colonial authorities intervened.
Vavilov's Seed Bank Legacy
- Nikolai Vavilov was a pioneering plant geneticist focused on ending famine.
- He collected a vast seed bank to boost Soviet agricultural knowledge and resilience.