The 100th Anniversary of the Gorky House of Scientists of RAS
https://doi.org/10.34023/2313-6383-2020-27-6-114-121
Abstract
The article briefly describes the establishment, functioning and activities in selected periods of the national history of the Gorky House of Scientists - the first House of Scientists in our country. Russian scientific and pedagogical community celebrated its centenary at the beginning of this year. The authors emphasize the social function of the House of Scientists activities. Their significance historically had been most pronounced during the hardest times for our country.
The paper determines the role of the House of Scientists as a center for interprofessional communication and reproduction of researchers. In 1932 the House of Scientists was named after M. Gorky. In 1937 it was placed under the USSR Academy of Sciences. In the same period, scientific sections began to form, scientific conferences were held, and cultural and educational work intensified. The features of functioning of the House of Scientists in the pre-war period, during the Great Patriotic War and in the first arduous post-war years are highlighted.
The authors focus on activities of the Gorky House of Scientists starting from the second half of the 1950s when its function as a center for interdisciplinary scientific communication became more and more pronounced. A fundamental step in this direction was the creation in 1956 of the cybernetics section at the House of Scientists, the leadership of which was initially assumed by the Nobel laureate L.V. Kantorovich (1912-1986). Then, for more than thirty years, the work of the section was led by Professor L.P. Kraizmer (1912-2002). Shortly before the section of cybernetics, in 1953-1954, the section of economics and statistics at the House of Scientists was created (currently - the section of socio-economic problems and statistics). Milestones for the section of socio-economic problems and statistics of the Gorky House of Scientists are outlined in the article by I.I. Eliseeva and A.L. Dmitriev, published in the journal “Voprosy statistiki” (2018, No. 8, pp. 52-65).
About the Authors
I. I. Eliseeva
Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Irina I. Eliseeva - Dr. Sci. (Econ.), Professor; Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences;
Head of the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Saint-Petersburg State University of Economics;
Chief Researcher, Sociological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences
21, Sadovaya Str., Saint-Petersburg, 191023
N. A. Malysheva
Saint-Petersburg Union of Local Historians
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Natalia A. Malysheva - Local Historian, Member
Saint-Petersburg
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Eliseeva I.I., Malysheva N.A. The 100th Anniversary of the Gorky House of Scientists of RAS. Voprosy statistiki. 2020;27(6):114-121. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34023/2313-6383-2020-27-6-114-121
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