02.12.2024
Young scholars from RSUH published a book “Managing Science: A Guide to the Soviet Past.” The presentation took place on November 27 at the 4th Congress of Young Scholars.
On November 27, as part of the Congress, a section “Science in the Transition Period: Choosing a Path,” was organized. The moderator was Evgenia Dolgova, Director of the Center for the History of Russian Science and Scientific and Technological Development of RSUH. The discussion was attended by experts in the field of history, culture, education, innovation, and technology from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science, the Russian Ministry of Culture, RSUH, the Foundation for Assistance to Innovation, Higher School of Economics, Tomsk State University, and the Institute of Economics and Technology of the RAS.
“In the 20th century, a powerful scientific and technical complex was created, the formation and development of which is associated with Soviet science, its achievements and successes. The foundation of Soviet science was laid by the achievements of pre-revolutionary scientific and engineering schools, and due to historical continuity, the influence of individual Soviet practices can be traced decades after the collapse of the USSR,” said Evgenia Dolgova.
The historical essay “Managing Science: A Guide to the Soviet Past” is written as an analytical “guide”:
“As envisaged by the genre, the guide contains only brief “sketches” of the subject matter, designed to interest the “traveler” in getting to know the described “sights” of the past better. A wide range of topics will allow the reader to understand the scientific and technical policy of the past, its influence on the present,” said Dr. Dolgova.
At the same time, the publication is addressed not only to specialists, but also to a wide audience of all those interested in the history of Soviet science.
The authors are Evgenia Dolgova, Marina Okuneva, Mikhail Gribovsky, Elena Sinelnikova, Valeria Sliskova. Academic editor is Deputy Minister of Science and Higher Education of the RF Denis Sekirinsky.
“Reading the texts of historical documents, one sees persistent allusions to the present, its substantive and functional priorities, enshrined in key documents of strategic planning in the sphere of scientific and technological development,” said the author.
Thus, an idea is formed of how certain tasks for the development of science were solved in conditions relevant to the modern situation. This experience can be used today.
