Vol. 3, No. 2

• Word from the Editor-in-Chief

Date in History

1. Ruslan G. Gagkuev
   The Russian Historical Society on the Urgent Tasks of Studying the History of the Great Victory (an Interview) pages 8 - 11

Pages of Memory

1. Simon S. Ilizarov
   The War in the Fates of Historians of Science and Technology pages 12 - 43

Frontline Notes, Memories, Letters

1. Natalia B. Kedrova
   How our daddy was at the war (stories B.M. Kedrov told his daughters) pages 44 - 51
2. Natalia I. Kuznetsova, Ivan V. Sozinov
   “It’s funny that the war and peaceful philosophy live side by side”: I.V. Kuznetsov’s letters from the war pages 52 - 79
3. Ekaterina N. Budreyko
   The Front Paths of the Scientist N.A. Budreyko pages 80 - 100
4. Polina A. Zakharchuk, Roman A. Fando
   Historians of science and technology – children of the Great Patriotic War: oral history and the preservation of historical memory pages 101 - 125

Everything for Victory: Soviet Science and Technology in Mobilization Mode

1. Evgeniya A. Dolgova
   «Our goal is to raise a question so that it will be fulfilled in full»: Council of Scientific and Technical Expertise during the Great Patriotic War pages 126 - 138
2. Stella G. Morozova
   P.L. Kapitsa: “I consider the oxygen problem to be the most important one for the development of our industry” pages 139 - 151
3. Aleksei V. Samarin
   Science that saved lives: scientific research in the Komi ASSR during the Great Patriotic War pages 152 - 162
4. Dmitry A. Sobolev
   Civil Aviation of the USSR in the First Months of the Great Patriotic War pages 163 - 186
5. Andrey А. Firsov
   TSAGI’s Main Contribution to the Victory Or “... We Can’t Get Far On Polikarpov Alone.” pages 187 - 197
6. Sergei S. Alymov
   Ethnic Geography and the Institute of Ethnography of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR during the Great Patriotic War pages 198 - 210
7. Victor N. Danilov
   Saratov trace of the 1944 meeting of Soviet historians in the Central Committee of the CPSU(b) pages 211 - 222
8. Gennady P. Aksenov
   Academician V.I. Vernadsky: “Our Common Enemy Will Be Defeated” pages 223 - 235

Publication of Documents

1. Artyom M. Skvortsov
   Ori en tal stud ies and phi lol ogy dur ing the Great Pa tri otic War The publication of N.V. Pigulevskaya’s articles pages 236 - 248
2. Alexander L. Kleitman, Irina S. Petrova
   Life path of engineer-lieutenant colonel Vasily Romanovich Lebedinsky pages 249 - 262

Visual Sources

1. Alexander V. Gorshenin
   History of Medicine in the Kuy by shev Oblast during the Great Patriotic War in Visual Archival Sources pages 263 - 275
2. Evgeniy V. Pchelov
   History of science as a foreign-policy factor (as exemplified by some visual sources from the times of the Great Patriotic War) pages 276 - 291

Reviews

1. Alexei A. Kuznetsov
   Soviet heirs of Daedalus and Hermes in “The USSR’s Aviation industry in the struggle for air supremacy in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945” by E.A. Fedosov pages 292 - 296

Scientific Life

1. Marina V. Shleeva
   Exhibition “Locomotives of Victory. Rail ways dur ing the Great Pa tri otic War” pages 297 - 303
2. Margarita Kh. Zakirova, Ekaterina V. Minina
   Review of scientific events dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War pages 304 - 314