Activities of scientific societies of the Kola Science Centre of RAS.
Antonina G. Samorukova
Abstract
The article considers the activities of the Kola Branch of the Mineralogical Society, the Northern Branch of the Geographical Society of USSR (SFGO), and the branch of the All Union Society “Znaniye”. Scientific, organizational, and educational activities of the named societies were various and successful for quite a long period. They were aimed at promoting development of science and research, popularization of most recent achievements in science, mutual informing and coordinating of corresponding research being the main trend. The Kola Branch of the Mineralogical Society assisted in joining geological research in mineralogy. SFGO was mainly involved in humanitarian research inviting experts for cooperative joint archeological, ethnographic expeditions in the region. Popularization of science was extensively performed in cooperation with the society Znaniye.