On Soviet state policy for the development of scientific and technical potential. Review of the book “Scientific Research Management: A Guide to the Soviet Past”

The article analyzes the main trends of Soviet state policy in the field of science, to the study of which the peer-reviewed monograph is devoted. The effectiveness of the activities of the Center for the History of Russian Science and Scientific andTechnological Development of Russian State University for the Humanities within the framework of the Decade of Science and Technology is noted. It is emphasized that the joint efforts of the authors of the monograph have resulted in non-trivial research outcomes that will firmly enter into the historiography of the national history of science. The object of the study was not chosen by chance: the powerful scientific and technical complex that emerged in the 20th century occupied one of the first places in the world. The study of Soviet science using modern methods and methodology, new documentary sources and original approaches made it possible to prepare an original collective publication.