The experience of mobilization deployment of Soviet science in the monograph The Battle of intellects and knowledge. Science, scientists, creators of weapons and military equipment in the Great Patriotic War by Yu.M. Baturin

This is a brief review of the monograph by Yu.M. Baturin, Corresponding Member of the
Russian Academy of Sciences, which is devoted to the contribution of Soviet fundamental
and applied science to the Victory of Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War of
1941–1945. It reflects personal contributions of our leading scientists and engineers as
well as the contributions of scientific schools they had created, which functioned in drastic conditions of repressions, evacuation, and severe shortage of necessary resources. The author emphasizes that it was a nationwide “struggle of intellects and knowledge” with the participation of all Soviet republics in strengthening the country’s military R&D potential. The contribution of Soviet foreign intelligence bodies which provided important corrective information to the scientists is acknowledged. The conclusion is made about the significance of historical experience of science management in the recent Soviet past for protecting the interests of the Russian Federation’s national security in modern conditions.