TWO LETTERS TO I.VSTALIN ABOUT INVENTION AND SCIENTIFIC-AND-TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCE. COLLECTION OF LETTERS AND STATEMENTS DATING BACK TO FEBRUARY 1946

Abstract

The article analyzes two letters to I.V. Stalin from groups of inventors. One of them is signed by 6 outstanding scientists from various spheres of science and by two inventors. The letter dating back to 25 December, 1945, titled “Synopsis of the ways to maximize the effectiveness of our science and invention” encounters 15 pages. The other 11-pages letter is signed by 10 scientists and engineers and dates back to 2 October, 1945. Its authors are the staff of Research Institute-20 (RI-20), which was involved into designing radio devices. The letters are kept in Fund 588 of the Russian State Archive of Sociopolitical History in the collection of letters to I.V. Stalin dating back to February 1946.While “Synopsis..” offers measures for a large scale of invention spheres, the letter from the staff of RI-20 mentions only the development of radio engineering. Both letters certainly reflect the post-war life in the USSR, but they are of interest as an example of invention development as a part of state policy in scientific-and-technological progress.