How to pronounce “belyaev” in English

And Belyaev thought about this, and he thought, you know, this is really weird because our ancestors domesticated species

But Belyaev decided this was too important, and he was going to do it.

Then Belyaev gets his big chance to start a full-blown experiment in 1958.

So Belyaev knows now that, as vice director of this new institute of biology there, that he is going to have the power and the money

So Belyaev says, I love it.

She remembers Belyaev saying to her, it could take your whole life.

But Lyudmila said that Belyaev sent me, and Belyaev's name now carried enough weight that the director said, fine, test 500 foxes.

Lyudmila calls Belyaev out there, and Belyaev looks at Dream, turns around, and asks Lyudmila, what kind of wonder is this?

This is the environment in which Belyaev is conceiving an experiment in genetics.

In the late 1930s, Belyaev was an undergraduate student at a place called the Ivanova Agricultural Academy

And Belyaev's hypothesis went like this-- the one thing that our ancestors always

The first thing that struck her was that Belyaev immediately treated her like an equal.

So Belyaev lays out the idea.

This is the only known picture we have of Pushinka-- Belyaev petting her.

And it was there that Belyaev came up with the idea that would eventually become the silver fox domestication experiment.

But before she gets too excited, Belyaev stops her and says, look, you need to know a couple of things.

So Lyudmila gets there, and Belyaev has money and power.

So at this point, Lyudmila goes to Belyaev with an audacious idea.

60 years-- the experiment starts with this fellow, Dmitri Belyaev.

This is a classic experiment in evolution and genetics, but Belyaev had a problem, and it was a big problem

Nobody knows better how dangerous this is because one of those 20 people who was murdered by Lysenko was Belyaev's older brother--

So there was the institute that Belyaev was involved in as vice director in biology.

Lyudmila knew that anyone who studied biology knew that, but it meant something that Belyaev stopped her and said, think about this.

The other thing that was really important to Lyudmila was that, when she was working down at Lesnoi, Belyaev was too busy to come visit very often, maybe

And just as important, if something major happens, she can immediately get Belyaev over to see what's going on.

OK, so the experiment's going on, and what's happening is happening even faster than Lyudmila and Belyaev dreamed it would.