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Vladimir Efroimson

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Efroimson worked on the warfront as an epidemiologist, paramedic, and a German-speaking intelligence member from August 1942 through November 1945 and was awarded military decorations. In February 1945 he reported to the Military Council of his Army about unacceptable excesses against German
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of the Soviet Union. He studied mutations and human genetics and was among the first to estimate the rate of spontaneous mutations in human genes in 1932 although this was published first by
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in humans. In December 1932 he was arrested for his participation in the "Free Philosophic Society". In 1935 he was freed from labour camps in the Altai region. He started to work for the
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genetics. In 1937 he was expelled from the institute under pretext of inefficiency at work, and the pure-bred lines of silkworms he had bred were killed and copies his book
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destroyed scientific genetics Efroimson was stripped of his doctoral degree and expelled from his teaching position for translating into Russian, a negative review of
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in 1925, where he studied under Nikolai Koltsov. In 1929 he was expelled from the university for his speech against the persecution of his teacher
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Efoimson married Maria Grigorievna Tsubina (1906-1976) in 1938 and became a step-father to her daughter. He had no children of his own.
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book by Efraimson published posthumously. The black-and-white photo in the bottom is of Efroimson himself
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Korochkin, L I; Iziumova E A (1989). "Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson (21 November 1908-21 July 1989)".
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The main works of Efroimson were devoted to the broader area of genetics including: the effects of
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genetics, genetics of human pathologies, etc. He wrote the first Russian monograph on genetics,
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The Supplement to the Modern Encyclopedia of Russian, Soviet and Eurasian History. Vol. 9
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Vladimir Efroimson is a prototype of Ilya Goldberg, one of the protagonists in the
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Howell, Yvonne (2008). "Efroimson, Vladimir Pavlovich". In Adams, Bruce F. (ed.).
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his results in this areas were posthumously published in three books:
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On the losses caused by pseudo-innovations in agricultural biology
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in Moscow (which was turned into the headquarters of the
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Academic staff of the National University of Kharkiv
309:degree (1947). In August 1948, after the infamous 355:and the international authority of Soviet science 725: 361:. In 1956-1961 he worked as a librarian in the 266:were destroyed. In 1939-1941 he worked for the 240:Trans-Caucasian Institute for Silk Worm Growing 575: 252:Central Asian Institute for Silk Worm Growing 327:On the Criminal Activities by Trofim Lysenko 367:Mechnikov Institute of Vaccines and Serums 365:, Moscow (1961); since 1961 he worked for 329:. In 1949 Efroimson was sentenced for his 784:Soviet military personnel of World War II 630: 506: 504: 502: 525: 238:. In 1929-1931 Efroimson worked in the 726: 499: 586: 213:Lubyanka All-Russia Insurance Company 571: 569: 484: 482: 480: 478: 476: 474: 472: 402:The Introduction to Medical Genetics 13: 14: 795: 566: 469: 450:Booker-Open Russia Literary Prize 325:. Efroimson also wrote a report 647: 422:Genetics of Ethics and Aesthetic 371:Institute of Development Biology 206: 28: 582:. Academic International Press. 353:agriculture in the Soviet Union 774:Moscow State University alumni 624: 605: 519: 492:Electronic Jewish Encyclopedia 348:Prosecutor General of the USSR 268:All-Ukrainian Silkworm Station 1: 462: 363:Library of Foreign Literature 631:Efroimson, Vladimir (2008). 297:In 1946-1948 he worked as a 165:Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson 20:Vladimir Pavlovich Efroimson 7: 749:People from Moskovsky Uyezd 532:Russian Journal of Genetics 511:Владимир Павлович Эфроимсон 406:genetics of social behavior 178:Владимир Павлович Эфроимсон 136:Genetics of social behavior 22:Владимир Павлович Эфроимсон 10: 800: 211:Efroimson was born at the 544:10.1134/S1022795408100013 457:Vladimir Efroimson (poet) 292:mass rape of German women 177: 158: 148: 141: 123: 113: 103: 76: 43: 27: 18: 513:biography on peoples.ru 375:USSR Academy of Sciences 290:civilians including the 264:USSR Academy of Sciences 526:Keshman, E. A. (2008). 228:Moscow State University 118:Moscow State University 744:Scientists from Moscow 455:Russian-American poet 351:On undermining of the 191:, a former student of 414:Genetics of Geniality 323:Theodosius Dobzhansky 321:'s work published by 614:by Yevgeny Yermolin 595:by Yevgeny Ramensky 418:Pedagogical Genetics 260:Genetics of Silkworm 220:Soviet secret police 180:; 21 November 1908, 764:Russian geneticists 236:population genetics 759:Soviet geneticists 489:Эфроимсон Владимир 440:Lyudmila Ulitskaya 426:Origin of Altruism 390:radiation sickness 382:ionizing radiation 336:to seven years in 331:Libel against the 303:Kharkov University 280:Kharkov University 232:Sergei Chetverikov 224:October Revolution 66:Moscow Governorate 36:Genetics of Genius 769:Jewish scientists 538:(10): 1127–1133. 305:and obtained his 274:and obtained his 262:published by the 234:, the founder of 162: 161: 143:Scientific career 791: 720: 703:: 2223–4. 1978. 685: 641: 640: 628: 622: 621: 609: 603: 602: 590: 584: 583: 573: 564: 563: 523: 517: 516: 508: 497: 496: 486: 408:. 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Mutation rate
Medical genetics
Genetics of social behavior
genetics
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Moscow
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geneticists
Nikolai Koltsov
Stalinist era
J.B.S. Haldane
Lubyanka All-Russia Insurance Company
revenue house
Soviet secret police
October Revolution
Moscow State University
Sergei Chetverikov
population genetics
Tbilisi
mutation rate

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