After Lenin’s death, his brain was sent for examination to look for signs of genius. This study was led by German neurologist Oskar Vogt, who was specially invited to the USSR for this purpose. But then Russian experts began to call for the dismissal of the scientist – one of the official petitions was published by socialbites.ca. The document was provided to the editors by physician-researcher Valery Novoselov.
This note was written by Lamkin, military commissar of the Red Army Military Medical Academy, to Andrei Bubnov, head of the Red Army Political Directorate, on January 11, 1928. Judging by the handwritten note in the margin, the note “To Stalin” must have been shown to him. Novoselov believes that the note was written by Bubnov, to whom Stalin was obliged to provide any information on this matter.
The document states (punctuation and spelling preserved):
“In connection with the articles published in the press popularizing the work of VOHTA (as the surname Vogt was written before) on LENIN’s brain, vivid judgments arose among the scientific workers of the Academy entrusted to me. Without going into the essence and evaluations of these decisions, I consider it my party duty to draw your attention to the following issues:
The FOHTA school of study of the brain has come under some criticism, comparing it to modern methods of studying the brain that are supposedly more scientifically valuable.
FOHTA’s studies published in the press do not satisfy the curiosity of our neurologists, allegedly because they are not sufficiently scientifically proven and, most importantly, not comprehensively considered.
There are private conversations about why our /USSR/ scientists should not be used in brain research, supposedly in terms of knowledge they are no longer inferior to the Faculty of Physical Education and Science.”
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used to be a doctor saidWhat scientists found in Lenin’s brain during his study.