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3 unusual facts about Pavlovsk Experimental Station


Pavlovsk

Pavlovsk Experimental Station, an agricultural experiment station and seed bank near St.

Pavlovsk Experimental Station

The song "When the War Came," by the band The Decemberists, also tells the story of these scientists, with one verse saying "We made our oath to Vavilov / We'd not betray the Solanum / The acres of asteraceae / To our own pangs of starvation."

The Pavlovsk station itself fell into German hands during the Siege of Leningrad in 1941-1944, but prior to the arrival of German troops, scientists from the Institute of Plant Industry were able to move much of the station's tuber collection to a location within the city.



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