Lysenko

[ li-seng-koh; Russian li-syen-kuh ]

noun

1. Tro·fim De·ni·so·vich [t, r, uh-, fyeem, dyi-, nyee, -s, uh, -vyich], 1898–1976, Russian biologist and agronomist.

Lysenko

/ liˈsjɛnkə; lɪˈsɛŋkəʊ /

noun

1. LysenkoTrofim Denisovich18981976MRussianSCIENCE: biologistSCIENCE: geneticist Trofim Denisovich (traˈfim dɪˈnisəvitʃ). 1898–1976, Russian biologist and geneticist

Example Sentences

The best example may be the reign of Trofim Lysenko, who gained power over the entire scientific establishment of Soviet Russia beginning with Stalin’s regime and continuing under Nikita Khrushchev.

From Los Angeles Times

For Lysenko, such a decision by the IOC means that Ukrainian athletes have to compete in an “unequal battle” with citizens of a country that started a war in her homeland.

From Seattle Times

Oleksandr Lysenko, mayor of the city of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine, said that three people were killed and 21 others were injured in a Russian drone strike Monday that damaged two apartment buildings.

From Washington Times

The idea was to go directly from this children’s music into an elegy by Lysenko — a piano piece, in a new orchestral version.

From New York Times

“The fire spread in a few minutes, almost instantly,” said Oleksandr Lysenko, deputy head of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service in Poltava region, as workers continued to search for the missing.

From New York Times