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Astronomy in the Former Soviet Union

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Nikolai G. Bochkarev
Nikolai G. Bochkarev*
Affiliation:
Euro-Asian Astronomical SocietyUniversitetskij prospect 13, 119899, Moscow, Russia. e-mail: boch@astronomy.msk.su

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The Soviet Union developed science (including astronomy) to a high level, although largely isolated from the rest of the world. In 1990 about 2% of GDP, i.e. tenths of a billion dollars per year, were invested in science. The USSR occupied fourth place in the world in respect of its investment in science. More than a million persons worked in scientific research, with about 3,000 of those in astronomy.

Type
II. Joint Discussions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 11 , Issue 2: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIIIrd General Assembly of the IAU (Part B), 1997 , 1998 , pp. 898 - 900
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1998