Trofim Lysenko
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Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist and biologist notorious for rejecting Mendelian genetics in favor of politically favored but scientifically flawed theories, which had disastrous consequences for Soviet science and agriculture.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Trofim Lysenko canonical | 3 |
| Lysenko | 1 |
| Trofim Denisovich Lysenko | 1 |
| president of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4645603 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trofim Lysenko Context triple: [Institute of Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, notableScientist, Trofim Lysenko]
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A.
Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Vavilov was a pioneering Russian geneticist and plant breeder renowned for his theory of centers of origin of cultivated plants and his extensive global seed-collecting expeditions.
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B.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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C.
Mikhail Belyaev
Mikhail Belyaev was a Russian Imperial general who served as the last War Minister of the Russian Empire during World War I.
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D.
Eugene Belyaev
Eugene Belyaev is a Russian software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software development tools company JetBrains.
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E.
Nikolai Bunge
Nikolai Bunge was a 19th-century Russian statesman and economist known for initiating significant financial and economic reforms in the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trofim Lysenko Target entity description: Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist and biologist notorious for rejecting Mendelian genetics in favor of politically favored but scientifically flawed theories, which had disastrous consequences for Soviet science and agriculture.
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A.
Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Vavilov was a pioneering Russian geneticist and plant breeder renowned for his theory of centers of origin of cultivated plants and his extensive global seed-collecting expeditions.
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B.
Sergey Vavilov
Sergey Vavilov was a prominent Soviet physicist and academician, known for his work in physical optics and for serving as president of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
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C.
Mikhail Belyaev
Mikhail Belyaev was a Russian Imperial general who served as the last War Minister of the Russian Empire during World War I.
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D.
Eugene Belyaev
Eugene Belyaev is a Russian software engineer and entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the software development tools company JetBrains.
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E.
Nikolai Bunge
Nikolai Bunge was a 19th-century Russian statesman and economist known for initiating significant financial and economic reforms in the Russian Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Soviet scientist
ⓘ
agronomist ⓘ biologist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| causeOfNotoriety |
negative impact on Soviet agriculture
ⓘ
persecution of geneticists ⓘ suppression of classical genetics in the USSR ⓘ |
| citizenship | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfActivity | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Russian Empire ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1898-09-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1976-11-20 ⓘ |
| education |
Kyiv Agricultural Institute
ⓘ
Uman School of Horticulture ⓘ |
| era |
Soviet Union 20th century
ⓘ
Stalin era ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Ukrainian ⓘ |
| familyName |
Lysenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Trofim Lysenko
|
| fieldOfWork |
agronomy
ⓘ
biology ⓘ genetics ⓘ |
| fullName |
Trofim Denisovich Lysenko
ⓘ
linked to:
Trofim Lysenko
|
| givenName |
Trofim
ⓘ
linked to:
Timofei
|
| hasEffect |
influence on agricultural policy in the USSR
ⓘ
setback of genetics research in the Soviet Union ⓘ |
| ideology |
Lysenkoism
ⓘ
linked to:
Lamarckism
|
| influencedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Lysenkoism
ⓘ
linked to:
Lamarckism
politicization of biology in the Soviet Union ⓘ promotion of Lamarckian inheritance ⓘ rejection of Mendelian genetics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Russian ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
ⓘ
Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences
|
| notableIdea |
denial of genes as discrete hereditary units
ⓘ
inheritance of acquired characteristics in plants ⓘ vernalization of crops ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Nikolai Vavilov
ⓘ
Soviet geneticists ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Mendelian genetics
ⓘ
linked to:
Mendel's laws
chromosome theory of heredity ⓘ |
| patronymicName | Denisovich ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Karlivka ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Moscow ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Institute of Genetics of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
ⓘ
president of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences ⓘ
linked to:
Trofim Lysenko
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| supportedBy | Joseph Stalin ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Moscow
ⓘ
Soviet research institutes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Trofim Lysenko Description of subject: Trofim Lysenko was a Soviet agronomist and biologist notorious for rejecting Mendelian genetics in favor of politically favored but scientifically flawed theories, which had disastrous consequences for Soviet science and agriculture.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Trofim Lysenko
linked to: Trofim Lysenko
linked to: Trofim Lysenko