ABSTRACT
This event points to the obvious: physics, mathematics, and some other sciences were supported only inasmuch as they were required to develop bombs, rockets, and other weapon systems, for the industrial effort, etc. To achieve such aims, nothing was spared. I recall how our salaries were raised several-fold after the Americans exploded atomic bombs in Japan: imagine the golden rainfall enjoyed by the leaders of important 8 About this and the preparation of the previously mentioned conference, see Sonin A S 1994 Physicc.l Idealism : A History of One Ideological Campaign (Moscow: Fizmatlit) .
