[3] During the Russian Civil War, he applied his knowledge of English and German to agitate amongst foreign troops, and attained the rank of Senior Politruk.
However, he had gained the attention of Gregory Razran,[2] a Russian American psychologist who viewed Pavlovian psychology as being incompatible with Marxism-Leninism.
Following Buharin's fall from power and subsequent execution, Tskhakaya contacted Andrey Andreyevich Andreyev, a member of the politburo, to see if Enchman could recommence with his scientific interests, however, this was declined by Stalin.
[2] His Theory of New Biology was expressed in his unpublished 1913 text 'Psychology before the tribunal of reborn positivism' (Russian: Психология перед судом, возрождающегося позитивизма).
The scientific method is concerned with attempts to establish relationships among the observed phenomena of the physical/material realm, whilst ignoring any parallel psychological/conscious experiences.