The work of MIT professor L.R. Graham uses extensive factual material to analyze the dramatic history of the interaction between dialectical materialism and Soviet science from 1917 to the mid-80s. The author examines in detail the discussions around genetics, physiology, psychology, cybernetics, chemistry, cosmology, and other disciplines, as well as the role of individual politicians and scientists in the history of our science (I.V. Stalin, A.A. Zhdanov, N.I. Vavilova, T. D. Lysenko, B. M. Kedrov, O. Yu. Shmidt, A. I. Berg, etc.). The book is of interest to both specialists and the general readership.