A crankish biologist from this country argued that plants could inherit the
A crankish biologist from this country argued that plants could inherit the hardiness from deep-freezing parent seeds in his theory of "vernalization." This country was forced to import grain from Canada after it failed to create a national breadbasket in the Virgin Lands campaign. The Cheka and NKVD terrorized people in this country, where the Secret Speech denounced a "cult of personality." This country screwed up its industries with the New Economic Policy and the first Five Year Plans. For 10 points, name this largest modern state EVER, whose rulers included Leonid Brezhnev and Joseph Stalin.
A crankish biologist from this country argued that plants could inherit the hardiness from deep-freezing parent seeds in his theory of "vernalization.
United Soviet Socialist Republics [or USSR; or Soviet Union; or Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik; or CCCP; or "Se Se Se Err"] 