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Humanitarian sciences in Siberia

2013 year, number

THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE USSR AND ITS RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN YAKUTIA IN THE 1930S-1941

A.A. Suleymanov
Keywords: The Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Asian North, Yakutia, scientific research, expeditions

Abstract

The paper by the example of Yakutia shows the activities of institutes and researchers of the Academy of sciences of the USSR in the Asian North during the period which started with reformation of the Scientific Center and its de facto «Sovietiztion» and ended with reorganization of work according to the wartime requirements . In connection with this the author determines factors that influenced the scale and lines of conducted research, studies history of realization of some academic initiatives, reveals their main trends and implications, as well as notes specific moments characterizing research activities of the Academy of Sciences in the Asian North in the 1930s-1941 .