Vol. 1, No. 1

• A word from the Editor-in-Chief
• “The Long-Awaited Union”. N.I. Kuznetsova’ interview with Academician V.A. Lektorski

This Date in History
75th Anniversary of the VASKhNIL August Session

1. Oleg P. Belozerov
   М.M. Zavadovskii and the August 1948 Session of the Lenin All-Union Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Towards the 75th Anniversary of the Session) pages 19 - 30
2. Andrey I. Ermolaev
   Consequences of the VASKhNIL August Session for the Kazan Biologists pages 31 - 39
3. Kirill O. Rossiianov
   Theory and Practice of the «Michurinist Agrobiology». Rethinking Lysenkoism pages 40 - 49

History of Science

1. Igor S. Dmitriev
   The Fragile Sky of Copernicus. (Has the Creation of the Heliocentric Theory been the Beginning of a Scientific Revolution?) pages 50 - 69
2. Roman A. Fando
   The History and Activities of the Russian People’s Universities Abroad pages 70 - 81

History of Technology

1. Alexander L. Kleitman
   Hydraulic Engineer John Perry (1670–1732) and His Scientific and Technical Activities in Russia and England pages 82 - 94
2. Alexander S. Platitsyn
   Department of the History of Technology of the Lvov Polytechnic Institute (1948): Organization and Activities (Based on the Documents from the Russian and Ukrainian Archives) pages 95 - 102
3. Vladimir V. Tarnovskiy
   Water Mill of the First Half of the 18th Century: Historical Aspects and Conditions for Modern Operation pages 103 - 116

People of Science

1. Arun A. Daukaev, Ibrahim A. Kerimov
   Academician E.E. Milanovsky as a Researcher into the Geology of the Caucasus and a Historian of Geological Sciences. (In Commemoration of the Centenary of His Birth) pages 117 - 121
2. Larisa P. Roshchevskaya
   Remained Faithful to Science (P.P. Zvorykin) pages 122 - 136
3. E.A. Guseva, A.F. Smyk, E.A. Forsh
   «The Recognized Father of Soviet Physics» – the Creator of Russian Agrophysics pages 137 - 156

Visual Sources

1. Evgeniy V. Pchelov
   Botanical Attributes in the Portrait of P.A. Demidov by D.G. Levitsky: the Realism of Pictures and the Symbolism of Images pages 157 - 169
2. Elizaveta S. Khablova
   Photography as a Visual Historical Source for the History of French African Colonial Agronomy in the 1930s pages 170 - 180

Publication of Documents

1. Oleg N. Naumov
   «After All, We Have All Went Through So Much during this Time»: N.P. Likhachev’s Letters to V.I. Sreznevsky and A.I. Sobolevsky (1917–1934) pages 181 - 195

Reviews

1. Igor N. Yurkin
   «What the Fame of the Wealth of Siberian Factories Has Led to»: Towards the Publication of the First Books of «Russian Mining History» by A.S. Yartsov pages 196 - 202

Scientific Life

1. Polina A. Zakharchuk, Prokhin S.
   A Visit to the Museum of the History of the Development of Education in the Tula region as Part of the IHST RAS Young Scientists’ Scientific School «Industrial Cities: Scientific and Technical Heritage» pages 203 - 206