академия история

The Academy of Sciences was founded in St. Petersburg according to Peter the Great's order in 1724

This was the time when science was gaining ground and rapidly accumulating the true knowledge about the nature based on the experiment and mathematical methods. It was the time when life itself demanded closer contacts between science and practice. The developing industry, transport, trade and economy in the first place, required a thorough study and rapid development of Russia's natural resources. The transformations, initiated(инишиэтид) by Peter the Great in the first quarter of the 18th century, in the different fields gave rise to the Russian national culture.

The first collections acquired by Peter the Great during abroad became later a basis of his famous Cabinet of Curiosities(Кюриоситиз).

It was already at the close of the 17th century and it was finally formed during his foreign trips. His original project of an all-round institution comprised an academy of sciences proper and two educational establishments(эстаблишментс), namely, a university and a grammar school.

In 1721 the court librarian I. Schumacher was sent on a mission abroad. He was instructed to select a scientific staff "for the organization of sciences like in Paris, London, Berlin and other places".

The problem of the foundation of the academy of sciences was discussed at the meeting of the Senate attended major state figures. His Imperial Majesty(мАджести) ordered that an academy should be established, in which languages will be studied as well as other sciences and the best arts, and books will be translated.

His Imperial Majesty wrote with his own hand on the project: The Academy will be maintained(мээйнтэнд) at the expense of the customs(кастамс) and license income(инком).

The academy was called in a different way during more than 250 years and in 1991 it was renamed into the Russian Academy of Sciences