Journal of the Russian National Committee for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

Vol. 4, No. 2Current issue

2026, 12 articles

Philosophical Perspective

Boris I. Pruzhinin
On the Limits of the Permissible: Philosophy – Science – Ideology (an interview) pages 7-23

Science at the Turns of Its History

Kirill A. Golikov
Learned Horticulturist at Moscow University’s Botanical Garden, Georgii Germanovich (Georg Friedrich Hermann) Trespe pages 24-37
Vladimir A. Loginov
Belka, Strelka and Company: how Soviet mutts Conquered Space pages 38-50

History of Technology

Margarita A. Mukhina
The ShELT Project by Engineer N. G. Yarmolchuk pages 51-61
Svetlana A. Pozhidaeva, Vasily G. Shishka
On the dating of the La Nef Tricycle from the Collection of the Museum of Moscow pages 62-66

People of Science

Alexander S. Balezin
“I was very lucky with my parents...” pages 67-85
Igor S. Dmitriev
“It was not Science that Draw him away” (Reflections on the fate of A.P. Borodin) pages 86-117

Publication of Documents

Tatiana А. Savinova
“He reminds me very much of Mozart...”: on N.I. Vavilov’s becoming a science organizer through the eyes of an eyewitness pages 118-128
Ivan S. Razumovsky
“In hypocausto morabar”: Descartes and his “Stove” pages 129-146

Visual Sources

Evgeniy V. Pchelov
From Anna Ioannovna to the Volga automobile: pages from the history of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the decoration of the new Akademicheskaya metro station in Moscow pages 147-169

Reflections on the Book

Georgy Yu. Lyubarsky
Trofim Lysenko’s “New doctrine of Species”: Reconstruction and Critique pages 170-177

Scientific Life

Daniil E. Lavrischev
III International Conference of the Russian National Committee on the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences pages 178-183

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