[Alter Kaker]

What book is that?' I enquired. 'Darwin. You must read it,' Joseph impressed on me. G. Glurdjidze in The Life of Joseph Stalin (1940) p.8-9

Where can I find this book? I just serched in 4 major libraries including the American Library of Congress and the Russian National Library and I see no references, either direct or indirect, to any G. Glurdjidze or to "The Life of Joseph Stalin."

I am especially skeptical given the fact that Stalin sent Darwinian biologists to gulags for their beliefs.

[Diamond]

I am especially skeptical given the fact that Stalin sent Darwinian biologists to gulags for their beliefs.

Yes he did, because at least later in life he preferred Lysenko and Lamarkism. But both are evolutionary theories. They just differ in mechanism.

Try, E. Yaroslavsky, Landmarks in the Life of Stalin, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Moscow, 1940, p. 8 (quoted in Davidheiser). Glurdjidze was the boyhood friend of Stalin who is quoted.

Cordially,

[Thatcherite]

Where can I find this book? I just serched in 4 major libraries including the American Library of Congress and the Russian National Library and I see no references, either direct or indirect, to any G. Glurdjidze or to "The Life of Joseph Stalin."

I was so amazed that I did my own search for this book on google. I can find about 50 references to it, every one of which appears to be to that particular quote, and every one of which appears as part of a creationist debating-point. (I didn't check them all, I can only wade through so much offal)