Russian Academicians and the Revolution Combining Professionalism and Politics
Description
An examination of the early Soviet period of the Russian (Soviet) Academy of Sciences which focuses on the reactions of individual members of the academy to the new situation in which they found themselves after October 1917. Based on the extensive use of documents from the Archives of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the author discusses how the academicians justified their cooperation with the Bolsheviks and the ideological basis of the regime's policy towards the academy in the 1920s.
Keywords
SOVIET UNION_HISTORY_REVOLUTION, 1917-1921
1997Book
Author(s)Vera Tolz
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN9780333698112
LanguageEnglish
