Russian Science Prior to the Russian Revolution - Advances in Historical Studies

AHS > Vol.7 No.3, September 2018

Russian Science Prior to the Russian Revolution ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ahs.2018.73008 1,004 Downloads 3,320 Views

Author(s)

Agamenon R. E. Oliveira

Affiliation(s)

Polytechnic School of Rio de Janeiro, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

ABSTRACT

This paper is an attempt to present and discuss the scientific context prior to the outbreak of the Russian Revolution in 1917. Some general aspects of the scientific milieus of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are described, including the period of Peter the Great, the foundation of the Academy of Science, and the influence of great figures of science, both Russian and foreign. In the eighteenth century, Euler (1707-1783) and Lomonosov (1711-1765) were chosen as symbolic and representative figures, while in the nineteenth century, Lobachevski (1792-1856), Chebyshev (1821-1894), Mendeleev (1834-1907), and Pavlov (1849-1936) were looked.

KEYWORDS

History of Russian Science, History of Russian Revolution, Great Figures of Science, History of Russian Education

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Oliveira, A. (2018) Russian Science Prior to the Russian Revolution. Advances in Historical Studies, 7, 113-134. doi: 10.4236/ahs.2018.73008.

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