Вестник Российской академии наукВестник Российской академии наук0869-5873The Russian Academy of Sciences1143210.31857/S0869-5873892194-197Research ArticleActual past: interaction and balance of interests of the academy of sciences and the Russian state in the XVIII – early XX century. Outlines of historyKolchinskyE. I.ekolchinsky@yandex.ruZenkevichS. I.s.zenkevich@gmail.comSt. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of History of Science and TechnologyThe Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences200320198921941972003201920032019Copyright © 2019,2019<p>Saint Petersburg: Renomme Publishing House, 2018. V. I. 704 p. V. II. 642 p. Series Ad fontes. Materials and studies on the history of science. Issue 9</p>archive materialsRussian EmpireImperial St. Petersburg Academy of Sciencesstate power and the Academy of SciencesPresident of the Academy of Sciencespolitical and social position of the Academy of Sciencesархивные материалыРоссийская империяИмператорская Санкт-Петербургская академия наукгосударственная власть и Академия наукпрезидент Академии наукполитическая и общественная позиция Академии наук