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100 1 _aParkin, Simon,
_eauthor.
_918323
245 1 4 _aThe forbidden garden :
_bthe botanists of besieged Leningrad and their impossible choice /
_cSimon Parkin.
246 3 _aBotanists of besieged Leningrad and their impossible choice
250 _aFirst Scribner softcover edition.
263 _aOct 15, 2024
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScribner,
_c2024.
300 _apages cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"In the summer of 1941, German troops surrounded the Russian city of Leningrad-now St. Petersburg-and began the longest blockade in recorded history, one that would ultimately claim the lives of nearly three-quarters of a million people. At the center of the besieged city stood a converted palace that housed the world's largest collection of seeds-more than 250,000 samples hand-collected over two decades from all over the globe by world-famous explorer, geneticist, and dissident Nikolai Vavilov, who had recently been disappeared by the Soviet government. After attempts to evacuate the priceless collection failed and supplies dwindled amongst the three million starving citizens, the employes at the Plant Institute were left with a terrible choice. Should they save the collection? Or themselves? These were not just any seeds. The botanists believed they could be bred into heartier, disease-resistant, and more productive varieties suited for harsh climates, therefore changing the future of food production and preventing famines like those that had plagued their countrymen before. But protecting the seeds was no idle business. The scientists rescued potato samples under enemy fire, extinguished bombs landing on the seed bank's roof, and guarded the collection from scavengers, the bitter cold, and their own hunger. Then in the war's eleventh hour, Nazi plunderers presented a new threat to the collection... Drawing from previously unseen sources, award-winning journalist Simon Parkin-who has "an inimitable capacity to find the human pulse in the underbelly of war" (The Spectator)-tells the incredible true story of the botanists who held their posts at the Plant Institute during the 872-day siege and the remarkable sacrifices they made in the name of science"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aVavilov, N. I.
_q(Nikolaĭ Ivanovich),
_d1887-1943.
_918324
600 1 0 _aIvanov, N. R.
_q(Nikolaĭ Rodionovich)
_918325
600 1 0 _aBrücher, Heinz,
_d1915-1991.
_918326
610 2 0 _aVsesoi︠u︡znyĭ institut rastenievodstva (Soviet Union)
_918327
650 0 _aBotanical specimens
_xCollection and preservation
_xHistory
_y20th century.
_918328
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xDestruction and pillage
_zSoviet Union.
_918329
650 0 _aSeed banks
_zRussia Federation
_zSaint Petersburg
_xHistory.
_918330
650 0 _aBotanists
_zSoviet Union
_vBiography.
_918331
651 0 _aSaint Petersburg (Russia)
_xHistory
_ySiege, 1941-1944.
_918332
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aParkin, Simon.
_tForbidden garden
_bFirst Scribner hardcover edition.
_dNew York : Scribner, 2024
_z9781668007686
_w(DLC) 2024030975
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