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Russian Academy of Sciences (view source)
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The '''Russian Academy of Sciences''' is a [[college]] devoted to [[science|scientific]] study founded by [[Czar Peter the Great]] in [[St Petersburg, Russia]]. Currently headquartered in [[Moscow]] and chartered by the [[Russian]] government, the Academy has affiliates and branches throughout the country.
==Membership==
During the era of the [[Soviet Union]], membership in the Academy was limited to citizenship within the USSR, and rarely were non-citizens elected. Membership is based upon contributions to science in many fields; currently, there are five hundred full members (''acaemicians'') and a similar number of corresponding members world-wide. The majority of members are Russian citizens.
==References==
*[http://www.ras.ru/ Official site, in Russian]
*[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ru&u=http://www.ras.ru/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=3&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsoviet%2Bacademy%2Bof%2Bsciences%26hl%3Den%26pwst%3D1 Official site, translated from Russian]
*[http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg13217910.900-russia-takes-the-lions-share-of-soviet-science-.html "Russia takes the lion's share of Soviet science," article in ''New Scientist'', 19 October 1991 ]
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