65 years of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in persons. Review of the publication “The Russian Academy of Sciences. Siberian branch: Personnel”

Abstract

The review is referencing the 2-volume publication on the personnel the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences USSR/RAS, published in connection with the 65th anniversary of its creation. There is a comparison with previous similar editions (1982 and 2007). It has been established that the principles for compiling and the main blocks of scientific biographies of scientists – academicians and corresponding members of the Academy of Sciences, formulated in the 2007 edition, have not changed in the 2022 reference book. It is concluded that the publication is value both for historians of science and for specialists in the field of social studies of science (in particular, science scholars and sociologists of science), since the information allows us to draw a number of important conclusions about the sources and specifics of the formation of the upper layer of the academic hierarchy.