Academy of Sciences in Russia: The Experience of Unique Historical Peculiarity

Abstract

The jubilee celebrations in honor of the 300th anniversary of the creation of the Academy of Sciences in Russia once again force historians of science to recall the complex historical path of this glorious social institution, the tra­jectories of scientific and technological development in our Fatherland, which are associated with the activities of the Academy. All this, of course, is correct and justified not only by the approach of the holidays, but also by the fact that the civilizational dynamics of our time is constantly testing the strength of an academic-type institution, for compliance with the tasks of the country’s development in the context of large and complex challenges of the time. The purpose of this article is not a complete or detailed reproduction of the historical events that led the first Emperor of Russia to the idea of opening the Academy of Sciences, nor a story about the main milestones of its further development. In the philosophical study of the modern sociocultural appear­ance of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it is necessary to add one most im­portant component, which has rarely been highlighted against the general background – today we must realize and express its cultural originality, histori­cal uniqueness, in order to contribute to the preservation of its glorious cogni­tive traditions.