The Soviet Academy of Sciences and the Communist Party, 1927-1932. Loren Graham

The article introduces a previously unpublished speech of the outstanding Russian scientist-physicist, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, academician Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, which was delivered by him at the anniversary meeting held on June 5, 1949, at the monument to Alexander Pushkin in Moscow in connection with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the great Russian poet’s birth. S.I. Vavilov was a great connoisseur of Pushkin’s poetry and literature about him. In the second half of the 1940s, Vavilov actively participated in projects to prepare the anniversary celebrations dedicated to Alexander Pushkin and perpetuate the memory of the poet. Analysis of S.I. Vavilov’s speech, which, unlike his other “Pushkin speeches”, was not intended for the press, shows that in evaluating the great poet’s work, along with the use of cliches, traditional for the epoch, the scientist also took certain liberties. In particular, he did not utter the ritual words praising Stalin, the Communist Party and the Soviet State. The poet Ya.P. Polonsky quoted by Vavilov was not among the classics recognized by Soviet literary criticism, and the selected quote from him could be interpreted as a hint of condemnation of the surrounding Stalinist reality. Numerous fragments of the scientist’s personal diaries indicate his critical attitude towards the latter, in particular.

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Leading Role of the Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in Organization, Management and Development of the Complex Programs of Scientific and Technological Progress, 1972—1988

Экономика и математические методы ◽

10.31857/s042473880000660-5 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 68-89

Author(s):

Alexander Varshavsky ◽

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Anatoly Yarkin ◽

Keyword(s):

Technological Progress ◽

Organization Management ◽

Soviet Academy ◽

Leading Role ◽

Management And Development ◽

And Mathematics ◽

Academy Of Sciences

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Notes on the work of the Scientific Council on thе Complex Problem “Optimal Planning and National Economy Control”, Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1980s—1990s

Экономика и математические методы ◽

10.31857/s042473880000670-6 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 153-158

Author(s):

Sergey Kalendzhyan ◽

Keyword(s):

National Economy ◽

Complex Problem ◽

Optimal Planning ◽

Soviet Academy ◽

Academy Of Sciences

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