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Russian Academy of Sciences (view source)
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The '''Russian Academy of Sciences''' is a college devoted to 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 ]