Princeton University Press
The Soviet Academy of Sciences and the Communist Party, 1927-1932
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No other research organization dominates the field of science in its country to the degree that the Soviet Academy of Sciences does. The coming to power of the Bolsheviks in 1917 presented Russian science with a new governmental attitude toward the place of science in national life. The Soviet Union's first five-year plan, the period of this study, was the crucial period for the Academy. During this time the Academy was transformed. Between 1927 and 1932 important decisions were reached by Soviet leaders concerning the organization, control, and planning of science; the role of science in the national economy, the position of the individual scientist, and the nature of scientific research itself.
Originally published in 1967.
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Frontmatter
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Preface
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Contents
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CHAPTER I. The Imperial Inheritance
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CHAPTER II. Soviet Strategies for Scientific Development
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CHAPTER III. The Siege of the Academy
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CHAPTER IV. The Seizure of the Academic Structure
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CHAPTER V. The New Direction
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CHAPTER VI. A New Science?
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SUPPLEMENT. Major Institutions and Research Work, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1932
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APPENDIX A. Abbreviations Used in the Text
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APPENDIX B. Organizational Chart, Academy of Sciences, December 1926
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APPENDIX C. Organizational Chart, Academy of Sciences, December 1932
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APPENDIX D. Membership, Academy of Sciences, 1932
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Bibliography
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Index
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