TIMOFEEV-RESSOVSKY NIKOLAY: (1900-1981) Soviet Biologist. An influential personality who conducted research in ...

TIMOFEEV-RESSOVSKY NIKOLAY: (1900-1981) Soviet Biologist. An influential personality who conducted research in radiation and population genetics, receiving in the 1930´s direct funding from the Third Reich, praising him as one of the world´s best geneticists and opponent to Communism. Unusual signed and inscribed 8.5 x 11 photograph by Timofeev-Ressovsky in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue ink `A la revue ''Sapere'', hommage de N. Timofeeff-Ress´ to the bottom right corner. VG Daniil Granin´s novel Zubr describes Timofeev-Ressovsky´s life. The novel was translated as The Bison - A Novel about the Scientist Who Defied Stalin. The book depicts the life of Timofeev-Ressovsky and the impact of Joseph Stalin on biology. The German edition was entitled Der Genetiker (''The Geneticist''). In 1991, the prosecutor general of the USSR stated that the charge of treason against Timofeev-Resovskij in 1946 had no legal basis. The next year, Timofeev-Ressovsky was rehabilitated, 11 years after his death.