Alexandra Sergeevna Kuzmenko,
Candidate of Historical Sciences, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia; Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Creation of the Institute of Forest and Wood of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Krasnoyarsk and the Formation of Siberian Forest Science 1958−1970s
DOI: 10.31518/2618-9100-2025-1-7
The article examines the history of the formation of the V.N. Sukachev Institute, part of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in Krasnoyarsk in the late 1950s – 1970s. The author has identified the reasons for the transfer of the Institute to Krasnoyarsk and the role in this activity of A.B. Zhukov, the first director of the Institute. The author identified the reasons for the transfer of the scientific institution to Krasnoyarsk and the role in this activity of A.B. Zhukov, the first director of the Institute. The article examines the peculiarities of the interaction of the Institute with both authorities and individual scientific institutions, shows the role of the state actor in the history of the formation and development of the institution. In addition, the work reveals some specifics of internal processes (staff, material support and administrative) in this academic organization during its formation in the Siberian region. Attention is also paid to the scientific areas of the institute related to the study of forest ecosystems in Siberia and laying the foundation for its fame and status not only in the scientific community, but also in the implementation of state policy in the field of regional forestry. The source base of the article, in addition to regulatory legal acts and clerical documentation of the USSR Academy of Sciences, stored in the current archive of the Federal Research Center “Krasnoyarsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences”, was the materials of an interview conducted by the author with Dina Ivanovna Nazimova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Leading Researcher of the Forest Institute named after V.N. Sukachev SB RAS. Taking into account the source base and purpose of the work, the main methods on which the work is based have become systemic and structural.
Publishing: 24/02/2025
The article has been received by the editor on 06/11/2024
How to cite: Kuzmenko A.S. Creation of the Institute of Forest and Wood of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in Krasnoyarsk and the Formation of Siberian Forest Science 1958−1970s // Historical Courier, 2025, No. 1 (39), pp. 85–95. [Available online: http://istkurier.ru/data/2025/ISTKURIER-2025-1-07.pdf]
Links: Issue 1 2025
Keywords: USSR Academy of Sciences/RAS; Siberian Branch; Forest Institute; V.N. Sukachev; A.B. Zhukov; forest science; “cedar problem”