Destiny of scientific intelligentsia in Karlag

One of the important, both scientifically and socially, problems of the modern history of the Soviet state is the study of the «repressed science» phenomenon. It is impossible to calculate how much talent was destroyed by totalitarian regime. Some were deported, shot, rotted in the camps, others - harassed ideological inquisition, and others - forced into «sharashka», fourth were without pupils belonging to a myriad of «enemies of the people», the fifth fled into exile. An important aspect of the «repressed science» phenomenon is the theme of «the intelligentsia and the camp». Created by the Soviet government system of concentration camps was aimed at the development of insufficiently studied and remote regions of the country with the servile slave power and exploitation of human intelligence. Karlag as one of the main locations of the scientific potential was created December 19, 1931. The contribution of prisoners, especially scientists and engineers in the development of the central region of Kazakhstan still is not fully disclosed, their last names in most cases are not named, the conditions under which research was accounted are presented for the current generation rather vague. Actuality of considered problem is also linked with the performance of civic duty in front of those who fell victim of repression and endured all the hardships and loss associated with camp life. Severe trials camp system were felt by many wonderful highly educated scientists who with the light of his mind and his soul dispersed the darkness of Gulag camps and communication with them left sweet memories of a lifetime. Unreasonably, without court was convicted one of the great scientists of the XX century Professor A.L. Chizhevsky. His research has covered a several scientific areas: biophysics and electrophysiology, medicine and life extension issues, respiratory physiology, animal husbandry, crop production, epidemiology, the study of mortality, the establishment of a new law on the autonomic functions of the Earth, the humanities (world history),etc. From camp system also suffered another great scientist, founder of Radiation Genetics and Radiation biogeocenology N.V TimofeeV-Resovskii. Despite all experienced, wonder their persistence, which did not break from the test of camp life. They kept their beliefs, and constantly concerned for scientific creativity. A number of scientists belonging to a relatively favorable conditions, managed to survive and return back to the creative work in science and teaching, but many of them, who was stuck to the overall work, died or permanently left the science.

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