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“Russians ... Pay More Attention to Science Than Our People to Horse Racing”: Press Releases of British Scientists on the Journey to the USSR for the 220th Anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1945
 
PIIS207987840022989-6-1
DOI10.18254/S207987840022989-6
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Mikhail Kovalev 
Affiliation:
Institute of World History RAS
Archive of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Victoria Gruzdinskaya
Affiliation:
The First Sechenov Moscow State Medical University
Dostoevsky Omsk State University
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow
Journal nameISTORIYA
Edition
Abstract

In the summer of 1945, celebrations on the occasion of the 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences were held in Moscow and Leningrad. More than 1 000 guests took part in them, including 124 guests from 17 countries. The anniversary received a wide international response. In this regard, the responses of foreign delegates to the anniversary celebrations are of great interest, since they reflected reflections on the relationship between scientists and authorities, on the organization of science in the USSR, and on the development of international scientific ties. This article is based on materials from the Archives of University College London and the Archives of the Royal Society studied for the first times. These are press releases of speeches in July and August 1945 by British scientists who attended the academic celebrations in the USSR. The documents present a positive image of Soviet science in general and of the Soviet scientist in particular. This fully correlated with the renewal hopes for the formation of a new world at the end of the Second World War, as well as with the belief in the internationalization of scientific knowledge and the development of international scientific contacts. The presented materials also recorded aspirations to strengthen Soviet-British intellectual ties.

KeywordsAcademy of Sciences of the USSR, Soviet-British scientific relations, Royal Society of London, 220th anniversary of the USSR Academy of Sciences
Received17.06.2022
Publication date07.11.2022
Number of characters47154
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