Word: polzunov
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Jewish), objectivism (the refusal to interpret new research in the light of Marxism), and idealism (a catch-all indictment) became the cardinal sins. The era of "fatherland science" had begun. By official decree, Russia claimed so many retroactive scientific "firsts" that its impressive past was discredited by exaggeration: Polzunov was declared the builder of the first steam engine; A. N. Lodygin, producer of the "Russian Sun," the first electric light; and Mozhaisky invented the airplane "20 years before the brothers Wright...
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