A leader of this country supported a female biologist who advocated spontaneous generation and claimed that old age could be postponed with soda baths.
A leader of this country supported a female biologist who advocated spontaneous generation and claimed that old age could be postponed with soda baths. A linguist from this country, Dr. Marr, argued that languages derive from the syllables "sal," "ber," "yon," and "ros" as part of a theory which stated that Semitic-derived "Japhetic" languages once dominated Europe. In this country, a slow-progressing form of schizophrenia called (*) "sluggish schizophrenia" became a popular diagnosis. A scientist from this country believed that vernalized plants could pass their acquired traits to descendants, a theory similar to Lamarckism which he called Minchurinism; that man was Trofim Lysenko. For 10 points, name this country where "bourgeois pseudoscience" was condemned under leaders like Joseph Stalin.
A leader of this country supported a female biologist who advocated spontaneous generation and claimed that old age could be postponed with soda baths.
Soviet Union [or USSR; prompt on "Russia"; prompt on "Ukraine"]