Editing Trofim Lysenko (section)

===World War II===
During World War II, Lysenko, along with many biologists, was evacuated to Omsk, where he continued to work on agricultural technology for grain crops and potatoes. From 1942, Lysenko was a member of the [[Extraordinary State Commission|Extraordinary State Commission for the Establishment and Investigation of the Atrocities of the German Fascist Invaders]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Сроку давности не подлежит | date=2009-07-13 | url=http://www.molodguard.ru/heroes122.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013070425/http://www.molodguard.ru/heroes122.htm | archive-date=2010-10-13 | url-status=live | language=ru | access-date=2024-05-13}}</ref>

On 22 March 1943, Lysenko received the [[USSR State Prize|Stalin Prize]] of the first degree "for the scientific development and introduction into agriculture of a method of planting potatoes with the tops of food tubers."<ref name="Voinov"/> On 3 June 1943, at a ceremonial meeting of the Soviet Academy of Sciences dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kliment Timiryazev, Lysenko made a report: "K. A. Timiryazev and the tasks of our agrobiology."<ref name="Voinov"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Т.Д.Лысенко «Ближайшие задачи советской сельскохозяйственной науки», 1942 г. | website=Лысенкоизм.Народ.Ру | date=2009-10-24 | url=https://lysenkoism.narod.ru/lysenko_timiryazev_1943.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106083508/http://lysenkoism.narod.ru/lysenko_timiryazev_1943.htm | archive-date=2009-01-06 | url-status=live | language=ru | access-date=2024-05-13}}</ref> In 1943, the first edition of Lysenko's collection was published, titled ''Agrobiology: Work on genetics, breeding and seed production''.<ref name="Voinov"/>

On 10 June 1945, Lysenko was awarded the title of [[Hero of Socialist Labor]] with the [[Order of Lenin]], "for outstanding services in the development of agricultural science and increasing the productivity of agricultural crops, especially potatoes and millet."<ref name="Voinov"/> On 10 September 1945, Lysenko was awarded the Order of Lenin "for the successful completion of the government's task in difficult war conditions to provide the front and the country’s population with food, and industry with agricultural raw materials."<ref name="Voinov"/>