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Isaak Prezent
Isaak (Isay) Izrailevich Prezent (Russian language, Russian: Исаа́к (Исай) Изра́илевич Презе́нт; 27 September [Old Style and New Style dates, O.S. 15 September] 1902 – 6 January 1969) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Philosophy of biology, philosopher of biology, best known for his work on Marxism, Marxist Scientific method, methodology of science and as one of the key figures of Lysenkoism. Early life and education Prezent was born in 1902 in the town of Toropets in a Jews, Jewish family. His father owned a shop in Zapadnaya Dvina. Prezent went to high school in Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Oblast, Dukhovshschina, and after completing it in 1919, he returned to Zapadnaya Dvina to teach in a local railway school. He became a Communism, communist activist while still in high school. Parallel with being a teacher in Zapadnaya Dvina, he helped found a local branch of Komsomol, and was finally accepted as a Communist Party of the Soviet Union, party member in 192 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toropets
Toropets () is a town and the administrative center of Toropetsky District in Tver Oblast, Russia, located where the Toropa River enters Lake Solomennoye. Population: History In 1074, when the town was first mentioned in chronicles, Toropets belonged to the Princes of Smolensk. By 1167, it was large enough to have its own princes. The most famous of its rulers was Mstislav the Bold, whose grandson Alexander Nevsky wed Alexandra of Polotsk in Toropets in 1239. In the mid-14th century the town passed to the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, which had to surrender it to Ivan III following the Battle of Vedrosha in 1503. In the early 17th century, Toropets was ransacked by the Polish army. In the course of the administrative reform carried out in 1708 by Peter the Great, Toropets was included into Ingermanland Governorate (known since 1710 as Saint Petersburg Governorate). In 1727, separate Novgorod Governorate was split off. Toropets was included into Velikiye Luki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
