Formation of the Scientific Community at the Naval Department of the Russian Empire (1805–1827)

Affiliation: S. I. Vavilov Institute for the History of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Saint-Petersburg Branch)
Address: Russian Federation, St. Petersburg

Journal name

Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki

Edition

Volume 44 Issue 3

Pages

437-446

Abstract

The article explores the composition of the learned assembly of the State Admiralty Department (SAD). The learned assembly was a special organization within SAD, which was established in 1805 to provide scientific support to the Russian Navy and existed till 1827. The author identifies the persons who comprised the learned assembly, their professions and institutional affiliation, and analyzes the variations in the SAD staff composition. The complete list of the learned assembly members is reconstructed based on the administrative records deposited in the Russian State Naval Archive and the published sources. The available historiographic works allowed elucidating the details of the learned assembly members’ biographies as well as the areas of their scientific interests. It is shown that, rather than a closed community of naval officers, the SAD learned assembly included the members of different professional groups, associated with the Academy of Sciences and other scientific institutions of the Russian Empire. The number of naval officers and the naval department officials in the learned assembly increased over time, suggesting a gradual formation of the corporate scientific community in the naval sphere who, however, maintained their ties with the representatives of the academic science.

Keywords

scientific institutions, Navy, State Admiralty Department, Russian Empire, 19th century

Received

13.03.2023

Publication date

27.09.2023

Number of characters

18608

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GOST	Merkulova A. Formation of the Scientific Community at the Naval Department of the Russian Empire (1805–1827) // Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki – 2023. – V. 44. – Issue 3 C. 437-446 [Electronic resource]. URL: https://vietmag.org/S020596060027744-0-1 (circulation date: 18.05.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S020596060027744-0
MLA	Merkulova, Alina "Formation of the Scientific Community at the Naval Department of the Russian Empire (1805–1827)." Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 44.3 (2023):437-446. DOI: 10.31857/S020596060027744-0
APA	Merkulova A. (2023). Formation of the Scientific Community at the Naval Department of the Russian Empire (1805–1827). Voprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki 44(3), pp.437-446 DOI: 10.31857/S020596060027744-0

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