Introduced into circulation archival documents illustrate an academic polemic in 20-30s of XX century. At this time, scientific elites form some kind of the polemic canon. A military style rhetoric of aggressive accusation is acquires in various conferences. Documents demonstrate that all participants of that actions, both accusers and defendants, steadily followed the canon. Further, this method
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