TY - JOUR TI - On the Past Unity of Psychologists and S.L. Rubinstein's Fate T2 - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics IS - Psychology. Journal of Higher School of Economics KW - the USSR Academy of sciences KW - Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) (VKPB) KW - ethics KW - repressions KW - strength of mind KW - humor KW - courage KW - fate KW - rehabilitation AB - The article describes an episode from S.L. Rubinstein’s life connected with his election as a member of the USSR Academy of Science in 1943. The article cites a letter to the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party (bolsheviks) written by leading Soviet psychologists which substantiates the necessity of psychological section within the Academy of Science and  recommends the candidacy of S.L. Rubinstein. Persecutions of S.L. Rubinstein during anti-Semitic campaign in 1948­1953 and his courageous reaction to these persecutions are described. AU - Vladimir Zinchenko UR - https://psy-journal.hse.ru/en/2009-6-3/26733926.html PY - 2009 SP - 99-103 VL - 6