Discover intelligence and genius in the Lenin brain

Lenin, the genius leader of the Communist Party, the Soviet people and the world worker movement. The study of his body, his career was very focused on the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

Recently, German historian Iohen Rikhter introduced you to read the book " Race, caste and inspiration " about the history of Lenin and the process of studying the brain of the people through the materials that doctors have The Germans studied meticulously for more than a decade.

Lenin's health has been seriously affected by the tensions in revolution and civil war. The assassination of Man made the situation worse. The bullet was still in Lenin's neck, so close to the spine that it was difficult to remove it in the medical technical condition of the time.

In May 1922, Lenin suffered a stroke for the first time. People with paralysis on the right side of the body and must reduce the intensity of work. After the second stroke in December of that year, Lenin almost had to give up political activities. In March 1923, he suffered a third stroke and was bedridden, unable to even speak.

After the first stroke, Lenin read to the secretary to record some documents about the government and his wife. The most famous of them is Lenin's will, a number of views on socio-economic development, building a leadership team in the Soviet Union.

Lenin died on January 21, 1924, at the age of 53. The official reason for his death was cerebral arteriosclerosis, or the fourth stroke of the bullet still in his neck after the assassination. cause.

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Collective Russian - German professors study the brain of
Genius leader Lenin. (Photo: CAND)

After Lenin's death, German doctor Oscar Vogt received a letter from leading Russian neurologist Lazar Minor, announcing that an expert panel was set up and discussed the brain research plan of Lenin and give scientific evidence of his genius. The tradition of studying the brains of geniuses after their deaths has been around for a long time.

In 1798, Austrian physician Franz Iosef Gall declared human intelligence directly related to the size of the brain and even the skull shape and structure . According to Gall, regions that control cognitive ability are located in the anterior brain region, while the reflex area - in the posterior brain.

One of the most successful scientists in this field in the early twentieth century was Oscar Vogt (1870-1959). In 1898, this young but famous doctor received funding from Fridrikh Alfred Krupp, a German steel giant, to set up a neurological research center in Berlin (which was the precursor of the Institute of Biology. Berlin nerve).

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Lenin Brain (Photo: Nature)

Vogt's research work has the support of geneticists. After Lenin's death, the German scientist was placed under a dual task: First , it must be shown that Lenin was alert and alert until his death; and second , no less important - Lenin is not an ordinary person. It is a genius. People want to find another special point of that genius brain.

Vogt initially hesitated. But he decided, even gradually feeling excited, after receiving a letter from colleague Otfrid Ferster suggesting that he could mobilize Health Minister Semashko and his sister Upin to transfer his brain to Berlin. Of course, Vogt is not the only candidate for this task.

But the final decision benefits him not only because of his reputation. He was also supported by politicians from both the Soviet Union and Germany. In January 25, Vogt went to Moscow, and the first session of the Medical Council with the participation of Soviet neuroscientists L.Minor, V.Kramer, anthropologist V.Bunak, pathologist A. Abikosov and others have affirmed 'can prove the genius of Lenin with concrete evidence'.

At the first stage, it is possible to clarify the differences in the brain structure of Lenin. They will compare Lenin's brain with the brains of others, and on the basis of figures that build up his intellectual portrait.

However, according to Vogt, Moscow did not have the necessary tools, chemicals and specialists for the job, so he suggested moving Lenin's brain to Berlin. But the Politburo of the Soviet Communist Party decided not to agree. Thus, Cecil Vogt and Margareth Vurlke were called to Moscow, carrying heavy equipment. The work is under the direction of Vogt, clearly stated in the contract: 'Professor Vogt will report on the process of conducting the work, reporting to the Council on the times he must be in Moscow'. The duration of the job is not specified, it seems that people have anticipated the work may take many years.

Vogt started work from the right hemisphere, because this was the part that was less damaged by disease . He requested all medical records and medical history along with his biography to 'comprehensively study personality'. For the Soviet Union, the contract signed with Vogt also means that the country's brain specialty approaches the world's top technology.

On November 12, 1927, the Institute of Brain - one of the leading Soviet scientific research agencies, was established at Bolsoi Yakimank in Zamoscvorechie, following the model of the Institute of Brain in Berlin and the first director of the institute was Vogt. Here, people study the brains of outstanding people, and compare the brain structures of different ethnic groups.

At the ceremony of establishing the Institute, Vogt reported the first research results. After two and a half years, the study has resulted: 'A clear picture of the difference in the structure of the Lenin brain and the normal human brain has been formed.' In the Lenin brain, pyramidal cells are more powerful, the number of strands associated with them is much more ', and as Vogt concludes, the ' base ' of Lenin ' brain 'is clearly' richer ' and the transmitter's ability to associate developed in an unusual way.

Pravda newspaper published a big article immediately, saying that the German professor explained the question of Lenin's genius, his ability to guide, make decisions and actions in complex situations. However, these are preliminary conclusions, because most of Lenin's brain tissue samples have not been thoroughly studied. Anyway, when he published these first results, he insisted that more detailed analysis would continue.

Two years later, on November 10, 1929, Vogt released the first official report of the Lenin brain. At that time, in the brain collection stored at the Institute, in addition to the brain of Lenin, there were about 30 brains of Party, State leaders and 39 brains of different ethnic groups. Studying these brains will answer the question, are racial characteristics affecting brain structure? And people have obtained a negative answer to this question.

However, thorough brainstorming of Lenin's brain shows that he has a truly different brain than any other large-sized pyramid-shaped cells, their number is much more than a normal human brain. significant.

In 1967, the Institute of Brain Institute prepared to publish the book ' Brain Upin - cell research and structure ', but the publication of the entire content of the book did not materialize. It was not until 1993 that a very small part of it was revealed in two articles of the 'Physiological Achievements' collection.

By then, the view of the influence of brain structure on intelligence or human genius has changed. Science has made great strides in this area and is almost visually seen in the process of thought formation in the human brain.

Hung Son