CONTENTS

100^th Anniversary of World War I

E. A. Rostovtsev, I. V. Sidorchuk. Academic patriotism: Propagandistic writings by Russian academics during World War I. … pp. 3—21

From the History of Science

S. Yu. Maslikov. The history of astrolabes in Russia. … pp. 22–31
R. Yu. Smagin. A «new» cartographic source on the project for reorganizing
border defense lines in Siberia during the 1760s………………………………….. 34
Social History of Science
I. S. Dmitriev. An academic tragedy: The closing of the Paris Academy of Sciences during the French Revolution………………………………………………. 44
B. I. Ivanov. The Division of Technical Sciences in the Soviet Academy
of Sciences (1935–1963): The history of its creation, development, and closure……………………………………………………………………………………………. 82
Materials for the Biographies of Scientists and Engineers
Yu. Yu. Tsaritsanskaia. A. V. Vasiliev and his role in the development of international scientific cooperation during the late 19th and early 20th cen- turies ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 92
Museums and Institutions
I. N. Yurkin, S. P. Kalita. The Academy of Sciences as hosted by the Demidov family: The first Russian museum and Academy library after the
fire of 1747……………………………………………………………………………………… 102
Recollections
E. I. Kolchinsky. From philosophy to the history of biology ……………………. 129 Calendar of Jubilee Dates…………………………………………………………………… 158
Essay Review
A. Yu. Ermolov. The difficult paths of industrial culture………………………….. 160
Book Reviews
Research as the Way of Life: In Memory of O. V. Krylov (Moscow 2010), reviewed by M.S. Kozlova……………………………………………………………….. 168
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L. V. Ivanova, S. V. Krichevsky. The Community of Cosmonauts: Fifty Years
of History (Moscow, 2013), reviewed by V. M. Chesnov …………………….. 175
Books in Brief ……………………………………………………………………………………. 179 Academic Life
E. V. Minina. Academic conference on «History of Science and Technology
in Memoirs and Objects»………………………………………………………………….. 182
Events in Brief…………………………………………………………………………………… 188 Dissertations ……………………………………………………………………………………… 190 In Memoriam
Ilya Semenovich Timofeev (1923–2014)………………………………………………… 192 Abstracts …………………………………………………………………………………………… 194 Our Authors………………………………………………………………………………………. 196