SCIENTIFIC - TRAINING OF SCIENTISTS

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600210366-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 23, 2011
• Sequence Number: 366
• Publication Date: March 22, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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The establishment of postgraduate courses for eoieaoe students vna
ooneidered easeatinl by the government of the II99Tt. Consequently, [.fter
n deonde of usrsuooeesful attempts to mret the requirsment for. large numbers
of speeiaLiaed soientifio personnel, a plan vas evolvod in 192 to establish
n postgraduate oouree at the Aoadamy of 9olenaes U88&. It vas decided to
seleot stadents fox this enures free other universities and inatitutee ne
yell ae from the Academy and to nllov other institntea to nooept postgraduate
etudentr, provided sur'h naoeptaaoe~vse ooordlmted xith Aoadeigy authorltiee.
Although the Academy postgraduate enures roe designed to last ;years, it
could be extended to 4 years under specisl oircumstancee.
Shen the plan to establish the course had bean eooepted, a committee
headed by 0. L. 8omnrov drew up the regalatlone for the postgraduate courses.
The re~letioae prodded for tho admittnnoe of etadente of either oex, lase
than 3g years of age, vho l?ad aampleted a ooaree of higher learning and bad
at least n reading imorledga of a foreign language. The only substitute for
.the eduoatioonl, requirement vas the rfuaoessfnr completion of an oral ezemina-
tlon. Preference vas given cnndidetee with 2 years of postgraduate study nt
another InstitnLlon or 2 years of ezperiouce in scientific research. leech
student vas to be gzidei by a qualified e:~ieotiet or 4y a m~ebsr of the ete.ff,
of tbo Aoade~q. Thane regz?~tians were offioialiq approved in Ma, 1y~0.
Althcagh for tho first fev years postgraduate oourees at the lbnCemJ were
primarllrv can-lidnte courses, the establishment of oourae~ leading toe doctor-
Ste vas approved in 1935? Aeplrnnte for the doctorate vere rognirsd to have
the degree of Candidate So ficie~e. The Presidium of the Aoedesp o' Soianoee
L'9~, vhiah continued to De the final nntEority on doctomter ee vell na oa
aeodidmsies, provided for enrollment of atadente in the candidate coarse vith-
aut eep,.r!~t1oo frog their emp~Soyment. Iu ddzltion, the Presidlum di*eeted
that cana.idate oouraes bo arganlz~d in other iaetitatee. These men9uree ro-
snlted in an incroase in the number of postgradnate students prtor to the
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Despite a oharp decreaee.in enrollment following.tho Cerma^ e.ttnck, bq,:
the fall of 1942 the pumber of students was on the inc:resae. The following
table shove the nu?bere of students in postgraduate aoureea from 1943 to 1947
under the seer-all superalelon of N. G. Bruyavich of the Academy of Sciences
IIs9SR:
Doctaxate
Candidacy
'ears
Separated
From P~pla~ment
Not Separated
From
~lol!ment
Separated
From I~ploYment
Not Separated
From E2aT~lo~ent
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1943
63
16
l07
30
1944
286
ij2
439
140
1945
420
219
723
142
1946
511
192
831.
95
2947
431
224
i,o46
g9
(NOTE: Total for 1947, 1,800.)
In J'a2y 1947, the Presldium of the Aoade~y of Soienaea dlaectad the
Bureau of Depertmenta to oanduat a careful selection of oandidntee for poet-
gradae.te courses nad, in eo doing, to pay particular at';ention to the needs
o$ other institutes, eaedemiee, and laboratories for soSentifia personnel. ,
AdOn$ those who base ooosplet,ed the postgraduate course are Aoade~aioians
Di. Y. Seldyeh, Si. A. >~rietiaROrioh, sod the folloving corresponding members
of tl:e Aoadee~y: B. A. Ae~ratyan, 8. G. Berkhudarov, V. Y. Pekaler, I. N. Vekua,
B. M. Vn1, Ye. M. Zhukov, A. A. Isisheaetskiy, H. A. Srasil~nikov, A. D. Petrov,
o. I. Bavdoniknd, L. Yo. 8tarik, I. 4. Teaannyev, and G. P. Teereteli.
Former etadente vhc bare been sleeted to the staff of eondemies of union
republics inolude: P. D. Supradza and B. D. Dondue to the Georgina 88R; P? M.
8iaalgeua and )l. F. Chgylakhysa to the Armenian BgR. Mir Ali Seid A1logly
Bashkey is Secretary of the Aondeetp of Soieaeee 9terbeydzhnn 8821; I. G. Gnlu&o
holds the same poei.tior. in the Aaadee~y of 8oioncee Satnleh SSR. A. Ya. Margulyen
sod ll. II. Bnseaoaa, grednntee of the Aondsq, are on the staff of the Aoade~y
of, 8oieaaee Sasakh !3812. .
Personnel vho base completed postgraduate courses at Moscow and I.enlogrnd
aniaersities, vho are now oa the staff of the Acadeuyy of f3cienoes (2888, inolude.
G. F. Aleksaadros, I. A. Aasarov, B. A. 1Pikitin, and P. N. Fedoeeyer. Over
15Q d.oator^ of eclence, forear students at the Aeadeo0.y, are now engaged is re-
acaroh nt Lhe Aoadeayy and nt other iastitutee.
(lore than 8G percent of ache senior eaientist;e of the Mathemntdanl Institute
tree! ?. A. 8terloP, of the InACatnte of oriental Studtee, os the Institute of
HL story, and sire these ^0 peroeni of the senior ecieatieta of the 9ci.3 Institute
leleai Y. O. Aotuohaev, of the Pl~veiologloni Institute imeai I. P. Pnclov, of ti>o
Gsologionl Institute, of the Institute of 7nnguage sad Logic imenl ?. Ye. Marra,
df the Instltute of the History of Physical Culture imeni 2t. Ya. Morn, and
.;f a aembar oP other iaetitates base heed the opportunity to prepare themselaeh
fcr eoi~ntirio dotiait? by taking postgraduate courses. Mare than fi00 pereo^e
hn~e oo~letary yostgratiuate work at the Aoadeo