Komentář a dokumenty k dějinám Ruské vědecké společnosti badatelské při Ruské svobodné univerzitě v Praze

• Authors: Mach Jaromir

Title variants

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DOCUMENTS AND COMMENTS ON THE HISTORY OF THE RUSSIAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY ATTACHED TO RUSSIAN INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

With regard to the social structure of the Russian exilian community in the Czechoslovak Republic, the Russian aid programme was dominated by support of education system, science and research. Under this support, which is unique on a world wide scale, Russian National University was established in Prague in 1923, shortly after the arrival of significant Russian intellectuals in the Czechoslovak Republic. As a result of gradual decrease in the number of students (i.e. Russian emigrants) in the late 1920's, the university started to concentrate on scientific activities. This fact inspired establishment of the Scientific Research Society in 1933. The Society held more than 250 lectures in its ten-year-long existence. It published twelve volumes of scientific works and many more works by individual authors in an unbound form. The main source of income for publishing activities came from annual celebrations of the Russian Scientific Day (i.e. the so-called Tatjania Day), which was organised by the Society. In addition, the Society helped many outstanding exiled Russian scientists to find a profession. Some of them did not stay long in Prague and implanted themselves at West European or American universities. However, many scientists stayed in Prague a great part of their academic lives and rooted themselves in the Czechoslovak science in an ineffaceable way. The interest and respect, which the Society (and it members) enjoyed in the academic world, is documented by extensive correspondence and exchange of publications. The Society kept relations with colleges and universities all around the world. Some universities even requested re-establishment of the contact after WWII.

Keywords

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RESEARCH SOCIETY; RUSSIAN EXILE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA; RUSSIAN UNIVERSITY

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Slovanský přehled: historická revue pro dějiny střední, východní a jihovýchodní Evropy (Slavonic Review: Review for Central, Eastern and Southeastern European history)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 94
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 589-602
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mach Jaromir

• Jaromir Mach, Filozoficka fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Arna Novaka 1, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

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CEJSH db identifier

08CZAAAA05396