Yuri Ovchinnikov

Yuri Ovchinnikov

Yuri Anatolievich Ovchinnikov (1934–1988) was a Soviet bioorganic chemist. He was the youngest vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1971-1988) and a member of Central Committee of CPSU. Ovchinnikov was director of Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow. He was a leading proponent of using molecular biology and genetics for creating new types of biological weapons.

References

*Birstein, Vadim J. (2004), "The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science", Westview Press ISBN 0-813-34280-5.


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