SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IN ACADEMIC AND INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE USSR

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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: December 3, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Scientific Research to Academic ani
Industrial Institutions in theP88R
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1. Chemical research is :.onducted in t,hr'i L'iS& by ;~n.ive.rrity laberazories, a'6demi^
institutes affiliated with t;ac A.edemq of 8cien^es and i-Y
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There were several research labora'ories locat,l-O. i??. Kiev.
maintained on the problem, the si?ewould check~loga that were
weiahtR .,,d Y: r.. --- g 0 for analysis and also the
uuA,y s smay,i portion of sn overall --v of ryO"-.K'iC3
suits. The results proelem and were Act informed of the ne*.. e
we-e en, directly to Matleow and any new ideas
discovered Bent to Moscow for an approval, to work on. Security agents
NAM frequent inspections
Oully selected and cleared for. the work, 8eld.m. tf every personnel was care
of the Mi n i x+,nr q.,...,,., . F~ told the Tare
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2. Industrial institutes were Separate from and worked irl.dependently of academic 50X1-HUM
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practical as compared with pure academic research where broad, handled. It Was not uncommon for an academic to engage in in
however, such usually overall problems would be
ho serutsc ofThe being limited to institute
Problems affecting several ustries. After
4 be given research,
industries which would hand the ic problems involved,
the results would to the interested
3. A research ~ cash.
Filet project could be initiated in the academic institutions i
on , a it should be borne in mind that theca are union level. ministries on a republic _
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ll level as wastheresponsibility Thus there was a Ukrainian Ministry of sducation. Sciences the of the Council of Ministers of the This is Ukraine, and the
` Ministry
Ukraine .responsible to he Ministry of sducation. Acore ' of
quest for research could come from the I,L1-(bion Ministry the Council ot Ministers of the in MOSCOW, from
th such fashion Ukraine or the Ministry of ucsatiott in the n a request made by any particular industrial ifowould the
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itself. to the academic Institute. d be ministry nUkraine.
anrepublic level. In tit __ Such requests would s ...,..,, a be all-union
along For -' _ -w"Jan academic institute .0could~initiat o a research project
solution of a
its to a 1e, a scientist employed by an academic institute Would present a
ezecutive eaddaittee of his institute whih~d Write up his material
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and t to pass it along to the exec utive committee Would approve it as a and of f
Of
of Sciences. Here the prec would teeusrePresidium, smatter of form elt
it it was known, Of the Academy
passed back down to the scientist with a request forvasdetailedtd ha lan merit, it
ject, the ' the
n a n for
bur the plan to Include such items as the amount of time estimated to complete
the Aro-
Q+anhours needed and the material, equipment and estimated
was assisted in this planning by the chief scientist of his
grou neatly to the post to supervise and handle all administrative m who was ass
were worked out the plan matters. After theDde-
approved or disapproved. e would go back to the e Presidium dium where it would either be a could be shelved for tim approvedthc Work could either
depending on the urgency of it anget under wtLy at once
d other projects. or it
4. Prior r to 194.. once a
due to the .. cs plan was submitted to the presidium it could be changed. that u, until that time.
ions institutes as well as +,__ This was
until that time, ir e,~1^ar.io:: l and scientific were rt party members
deu=ce h find Qualified persons hc were Party die programs c could not, up
wha 0- t was watching and controlline the actions of such members.. They therefore set up a
uals' one, g are the "triangle", The Director had to submiteauThis device consisted of
the chief of the et -.the Primary Party Oraaniu+.i.,,, u-o_ matters to two indivi
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such
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times did cause
Director had very
a s unneces}.stem and the two untrained ~ so-called The
many
sary cua SA,to be made. O-called advisors could and snnn_
fact that "I lnaividuals act as advisors o ^wre fies and responsibility and r Directors are now party members and are more tr Td. is probab
are, therefore, probably changed very little. rusted. pkanned projecttstsubmlitted
5? Once a scientist received permission to start on his project he suffered little interfer-
ence. Academic research institutions were broken down into several scientific groups,
each group consisting of from three to five scientists in the charge of a chief scientist.
This chief scientist acted as as a
He did not interfere an the a su ca,seor ientistand handled administrative matters for his group.
to his advantage to permit the scientist to spend all the it s ttiimeaneeded ein order to success-
f~y complete the lY necessary. It Was
fcientst and keproject, for he top shared in the rewards and recognition. However,
some extent. key personnel who were party members interfered with the to
Such persons, acting as "pep men", would be constantly urging research worker
scientist to speed up his work in order to complete it for some celebration,tsucheasarch a scientist to
berths y, sot an "glorious" announcement could be made.
outperform some other mpt to persuade a scientist to meke,^ they would enter into 50 Lion to i. institution. hc. ,ate _ i every little
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cuious urgings. After he had beP"giveusually arr iout. atten-
jest, he knew 1'ithatuihe cc-aid use r permission on to B to
criticism- T. f__ all the time eJiet_t LL Barry out t
it was in;rori_..,t, i more time wa, nee~Pd
, d hie th haad.d. without being subject
w ,y grained to him.
+ valid reasons for requesting it,
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G. :ieutists working in induustrial research institutions confined themselves to direct,
practical research as it affected the industry with which they were affiliated. Their
work often demanded completion of a project in a hurry. However, they were much better
paid and had more privileges than an academic research scientist. They also had newer,
better and more up-to-date equipment. As a result, these scientists rarely requested
transfer to the academic institutions. On the other hand, academic scientists were usually
men who preferred the slower, surer pace of the broader themes of a problem, and were in a
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These were handled as follows! In the Ukraine, as well as on an all- i
union level, there was a special board attached to the Council of Ministers. This board50X1-HUM
had.t,he sole responsibility of placement, of scientific personnel, both academic and indus-
trial, Hence, a scientist could be transferred from one to the other with the approval
of the Ministry of sducation and the interested institution as well as the industrial
institute and uir"Ist.., a ....,....,
from each other as well as from the problems of the academic institutes. Then too, unless
completed. The industrial publications, however, were limited in distribution to certain
a solution of a particular problem, siich as the development of a certain type of syntheti;
cal.lcei upon to solve a specific problem. a case occurred during the 50X1-HUM
Russ.an-Finnish War. All chemical ?net~t to try to develop a chemical
substance for use in a container as a bandwarmer for soldiers. Such requests were rare, 50X1-HUM
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