Committee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-1937

The article is devoted to the historical trajectory of the Committee for the Assistance to Scientists (CAS) under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, which existed in 1931-1937. It is reported that the CAS replaced the Central Committee for the Improvement of the Welfare of Scientists (C...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:15908a746e964620abfc3fa97b5565cf2021-12-02T07:58:08ZCommittee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-19372225-756X2227-129510.24224/2227-1295-2019-9-407-421https://doaj.org/article/15908a746e964620abfc3fa97b5565cf2019-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/1319https://doaj.org/toc/2225-756Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2227-1295The article is devoted to the historical trajectory of the Committee for the Assistance to Scientists (CAS) under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, which existed in 1931-1937. It is reported that the CAS replaced the Central Committee for the Improvement of the Welfare of Scientists (CCIWS), which had operated under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR since 1921. It describes the functions that were inherited by the CAS from the predecessor organization, and the new powers acquired by it. The author examines in detail the traditional areas of CAS activities inherited from Central Committee for the Improvement of Welfare of Scientists (CCIWS): food and commodity supply of the higher social group of the Soviet scientific intellectuals, elite housing construction for this category of scientists, the organization of medical and sanatorium-resort services for scientists, and their corporate leisure activities. It is emphasized that CAS was an organization for the Soviet scientific elite (1,500-2,000 people). It was shown that the selection of scientific workers was based on the nomenclature-official approach and formal signs of scientific achievements (leadership position, membership in the USSR Academy of Sciences and the academies of the Union republics, etc.). It is noted that the activities of the Committee were organized for the purposeful ideological subordination of a significant part of the scientific intellectuals in exchange for solving a set of its financial, welfare and professional problems.A. L. PosadskovTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovarticle1930-е годыcommittee for the assistance to scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussrcentral committee for the improvement of the welfare of scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussrsoviet sciencesoviet scientists1930sSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665RUНаучный диалог, Vol 0, Iss 9, Pp 407-421 (2019)
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topic 1930-е годы
committee for the assistance to scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussr
central committee for the improvement of the welfare of scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussr
soviet science
soviet scientists
1930s
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
spellingShingle 1930-е годы
committee for the assistance to scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussr
central committee for the improvement of the welfare of scientists under the council of people’s commissars of the ussr
soviet science
soviet scientists
1930s
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
A. L. Posadskov
Committee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-1937
description The article is devoted to the historical trajectory of the Committee for the Assistance to Scientists (CAS) under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR, which existed in 1931-1937. It is reported that the CAS replaced the Central Committee for the Improvement of the Welfare of Scientists (CCIWS), which had operated under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR since 1921. It describes the functions that were inherited by the CAS from the predecessor organization, and the new powers acquired by it. The author examines in detail the traditional areas of CAS activities inherited from Central Committee for the Improvement of Welfare of Scientists (CCIWS): food and commodity supply of the higher social group of the Soviet scientific intellectuals, elite housing construction for this category of scientists, the organization of medical and sanatorium-resort services for scientists, and their corporate leisure activities. It is emphasized that CAS was an organization for the Soviet scientific elite (1,500-2,000 people). It was shown that the selection of scientific workers was based on the nomenclature-official approach and formal signs of scientific achievements (leadership position, membership in the USSR Academy of Sciences and the academies of the Union republics, etc.). It is noted that the activities of the Committee were organized for the purposeful ideological subordination of a significant part of the scientific intellectuals in exchange for solving a set of its financial, welfare and professional problems.
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title_short Committee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-1937
title_full Committee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-1937
title_fullStr Committee for Assistance to Scientists under the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR as an Instrument for Managing the Soviet Scientific Community in 1931-1937
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