Few in the history of world science have had the opportunity to endure such severe trials for their beliefs as our contemporary - the Soviet researcher of the plant kingdom of the planet and one of the founders of genetics Nikolai Vavilov. His good name and his scientific heritage, known throughout the enlightened world, were banned half a century ago in the Land of the Soviets, to which he gave his talent and donated the world's largest collection of plants. Today, many facts about the life and death of N. I. Vavilov have become public - they have found a worthy place on the pages of this book.