▁fiction . ▁ ▁The ▁R APP ▁launched ▁a ▁campaign ▁against ▁the ▁A U W ▁chairman ▁Ev gen y ▁Z amy atin . ▁It ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁defeat ▁of ▁the ▁A U W , ▁and ▁they ▁were ▁replaced ▁by ▁the ▁All - Russ ian ▁Union ▁of ▁Soviet ▁Writ ers , ▁which ▁strictly ▁adopted ▁the ▁literary ▁style ▁of ▁social ist ▁real ism . ▁Soviet ▁bi ology ▁studies ▁were ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁now - dis cred ited ▁bi ologist ▁Tro f im ▁L ys en ko , ▁who ▁rejected ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁M end elian ▁inheritance ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁L amar ck ism . ▁In ▁physics , ▁the ▁theory ▁of ▁relativ ity ▁was ▁dismiss ed ▁as ▁" bour ge ois ▁ideal ism ". ▁Much ▁of ▁this ▁c ensor ship ▁was ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁And rei ▁Z hd an ov , ▁known ▁as ▁St alin ' s ▁" ide ological ▁h atch et ▁man ", ▁until ▁his ▁death ▁from ▁a ▁heart ▁attack ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁St alin ' s ▁cult ▁of ▁person ality ▁reached ▁its ▁height ▁in ▁the ▁post war ▁period , ▁with ▁his ▁picture ▁displayed ▁in ▁every ▁school , ▁factory , ▁and ▁government ▁office , ▁yet ▁he ▁rarely ▁appeared ▁in ▁public . ▁Post war ▁reconst ruction ▁proceeded ▁rapidly , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁emphas is ▁was ▁all ▁on ▁heavy ▁industry ▁and ▁energy , ▁living ▁standards ▁remained ▁low , ▁especially ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁major ▁cities . ▁ ▁In ▁October ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁the ▁first ▁post war ▁party