ABSTRACT
Furthermore, Sergei Ivanovich was President in the most macabre time of Stalin. And more than once he had to say things which are just monstrous from today's viewpoint and which concerned Stalin 'the coryphaeus of all sciences', the unscientific (so-called Michurin's) biology, etc. Naturally, such behavior may be condemned by those who were not familiar with Sergei Ivanovich, his status, and the general situation. I am convinced, however, that all such accusations against S I Vavilov are absolutely inconsistent. E L Feinberg writes about it convincingly and in sufficient detail [1]. I will only note here that three years ago I wrote a letter to A I Solzhenitsyn to inform him (with the enclosure of the corresponding materials) that his appraisal of S I Vavilov was wrong. Aleksandr Isaevich rang me up in response to express his satisfaction with the elucidation of the truth. I hope that the incorrect remark concerning Sergei Ivanovich will be missing from subsequent editions of The Gulag Archipelago.
