I know historical hindsight is 20/20, but how did no one bully this guy into giving up his moronic “de-stalinisation” policy? Like the SU was built by Stalin and now suddenly hes satan incarnate? No wonder SU citizens lost faith in the party over time, how can you trust a bunch weather vanes?
Vavilov was awarded the Order of Lenin under Stalin and his research institute was established under Stalin as well (that Lysenko came up in).
There’s unfortunately not a lot of easily accessible information on the investigation of Vavilov, but if:
You should probably have resigned and kept doing field work.
It’s reported that Stalin was directly involved in Vavilov’s arrest, intervening to support Lysenko, but it’s unclear whether this was actually the case - 8 years later, Stalin edited a speech of Lysenko to remove references to what’s considered a key factor in Lysenko’s popularity