Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the list of which is replenished every year, are holders highest status V national science. A citizen can count on the title of academician Russian Federation, publishing scientific works big public importance in all possible fields of knowledge. As of 2017, there are almost a thousand RAS academicians in Russia, 932 to be precise. According to the charter, their main and only goal is to enrich science with their achievements.
How to become an academician?
In 2012 he became a Doctor of Science. In his scientific interests also includes electronic beam cooling, beam generation, storage rings, and object-oriented programming.
Academician at 32 years old
Before anyone else alive, another physicist received the title - Alexander Nikolaevich Skrinsky. He was born in Orenburg in 1936.
He worked on problems of experimental and applied physics. Studied accelerators and physics high energies. With his participation, the latest types of colliders were developed and created. Since 1968, corresponding member. At that time he was only 32 years old. Two years later he received the title “Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences”.
Subsequently, he developed a method for electron cooling and detection of polarized beams. Played a decisive role in the development of applied physics, as well as in the creation the latest types laser and beam technologies.
Physiologist-academician
In 2016 full members The RAS accepted physiologist Lev Girshevich Magazanik into its ranks. Get honorary title at this age - a kind of record, at least among living academics.
Lev Girshevich was born in Odessa in 1931. His areas of scientific research include the functioning of ion channels, the effects of neurotoxins on Various types and types of receptors. Among his inventions are unique instruments that made it possible to study the organization of molecules in membranes.
The store conducted joint research with foreign scientists around the world - in France, Switzerland, Great Britain, and Germany. The result of his work was the creation of new medicines helping to establish interaction between neurons in healthy and sick people
Doctors among academicians
Academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences are currently elected in 12 departments and sections. Medicine is one of the key places. The majority of academics here are women. One of them is obstetrician-gynecologist Leila Vladimirovna Adamyan.
She was born in Tbilisi. She received her education in Moscow. From 1989 to the present day, he has headed the department of operative gynecology at the corresponding research institute. In 2004 she was awarded the title of academician.
Leyla Adamyan is famous for her perfect command of all types of gynecological operations known to science today. The objects of her research are the use of x-rays in reproductive medicine. He works a lot on the treatment of pregnant women and children.
Thanks to it, modern surgical technologies are used today, which have made it possible to at least halve the severity and consequences of adhesions that occur after gynecological operations.
Academic mathematicians
Another area of knowledge that is traditionally preferred by academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the list of which is subsequently replenished, is mathematics.
Nowadays, one of the most famous scientists in this field is Ludwig Dmitrievich Faddeev, who became a member of the RAS back in 1976. He specializes in the field of mathematical physics.
Most of his works and research are devoted to solving three-body problems in quantum mechanics. IN modern science this problem is known by its name - the Faddeev equation. He also works on the Schrödinger equation. He is the author of two hundred scientific works and monographs.
They can be proud that RAS is among them. Mathematicians spend a lot of time theoretical work, however, it is often appreciated. In 2008, Ludwig Faddeev received the Shao Prize in Hong Kong, awarded annually to the best scientific minds in the world. He received the award in the “Mathematics” category with another compatriot Vladimir Arnold. Their contribution to the popularization of mathematical physics was appreciated.
That in the Russian Academy of Sciences more than 40% of women are successfully engaged in scientific activities, that is, about 24 thousand people (in total, about 60 thousand scientific employees work at the Academy).
Among 504 academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences, there are only 9 women scientists (less than 2%). Among them: economist Anna Antonovna Anfinogentova (1938, academician since 2000); chemist Irina Petrovna Beletskaya (1933, academician since 1992); biologist Emilia Ivanovna Vorobyova (1934, academician since 2006); mechanic Irina Georgievna Goryacheva (1947, academician since 2003); economist, sociologist Tatyana Ivanovna Zaslavskaya (1927, academician since 1981); physiologist Lyudmila Nikolaevna Ivanova (1929, academician since 1997); geochemist Liya Nikolaevna Kogarko (1936, academician since 1997); oceanologist Alla Viktorovna Tsyban (1938, academician since 2008); philologist Natalya Yulievna Shvedova (1916, academician since 1997). As we see, even the youngest female academician is already over 60 years old.
Among the 758 corresponding members of the RAS, there are only 30 representatives of the fairer sex (in 2003 there were 23), i.e. no more than 4%. Not a single female member of the Academy has been a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences for many years.
Six years ago, in his article “Notes for March 8, 2003,” RAS academician, laureate Nobel Prize Vitaly Ginzburg noted that in Russian Academy sciences there is a very weak representation of women. He provides figures that allow us to compare the situation in the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) of the USA. In his article, in particular, it is reported that "among its 1874 members(Polit.ru - in 2009 there were already 2100 of them) 134 women, i.e. approximately 7.1 percent versus 2.8 percent in the Russian Academy of Sciences. There are 23 members in the presidium (council) of the NAS, 5 of them are women. But something else is even more significant - as I learned from the leaders of the NAS (I am in correspondence with them, because I am a foreign member of the NAS), the NAS considers the current situation to be completely abnormal, discriminating against women . Therefore, the NAS has created several commissions (groups) in different specialties, selecting women and, by the way, young scientists of both sexes in order to recommend their candidacies for the upcoming elections to the NAS.”.
In his opinion, “The abnormality that the number of women in the Russian Academy of Sciences is less than 3 percent is completely unrecognized and undiscussed. In any case, I am not aware of a single article or speech in which this fact would be noted and discussed. I don’t absolve myself of blame either, though Lately twice, although, unfortunately, unsuccessfully, he tried to raise the issue of inattention to women at the Russian Academy of Sciences. This happened in connection with another no less acute problem– aging scientific personnel in the country".
Vitaly Ginzburg believes that the struggle for women's equality in science should not be carried out through administrative methods, by allocating “ladies' vacancies” in elections to the Russian Academy of Sciences. Based on the belief that « intellectual level women in Russia are not lower than the level of American citizens elected to National Academy Sciences USA", Nobel laureate believes that it is necessary to more actively nominate and support women in elections to the Academy of Sciences system.
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1. According to the lists of academicians and corresponding members given on the RAS website.
Yesterday, November 23, 2016, President of the Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov and those members of the Academy of Sciences who were elected to the RAS while in government service received an unexpected scolding. This was reported by TASS, and a full transcript of the conversation was published on the website Kremlin.ru.
At the next meeting of the Council for Science and Education, they discussed the draft Strategy for Scientific and Technological Development of Russia, work on which has been going on for a year and a half. Russian President Vladimir Putin, his assistant Andrei Fursenko, head of the Academy of Sciences Vladimir Fortov, deputy. Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Arkady Dvorkovich and others.
Fortov and Dvorkovich criticized the strategy. The first, first of all, for the lack of prescribed mechanisms for its implementation and for the fact that all the proposals of the Academy of Sciences were not taken into account, the second - for scientism. Dvorkovich even asked for a week to finalize the Strategy, and Putin agreed. The head of the Academy of Sciences touched upon several pressing issues: about the division of powers with FANO, about the results of the RAS reform and about academic property, which continues to be encroached upon.
Suddenly the conversation turned to the results of the elections to the Russian Academy of Sciences. Russian President Vladimir Putin recalled that at the end of 2015 he asked “to refrain from participation (of officials) in the elections of new members state academies sciences due to the fact that people who hold positions in bodies state power, especially at the upper levels, are engaged in work, or should be, at a minimum, engaged in service in a serious way, otherwise they are not able to fulfill their official duties.” The head of the country is confident that he will do scientific research they can only free time, which those who work conscientiously in administrative positions “virtually do not have left.”
The head of state was irritated by some colleagues “from the Presidential Administration, from the Ministry of Education, from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, from the Ministry of Defense, from the FSB and from some other departments.” Vladimir Putin addressed Fortov and other representatives of the Russian Academy of Sciences with two questions: “ Are they such great scientists that the Academy of Sciences cannot do without them? First question. And the second question: what should I do now?»
Vladimir Fortov responded that all elected colleagues “said that they received permission from their leaders.” “That was not the question. Are they such great scientists that they should be corresponding members and academicians?” - Vladimir Vladimirovich repeated his question. " They passed the entire competition without any withdrawal or exclusion. I reported to you that the election technology is such that this person must be heard six times and voted for six times, thus", answered Vladimir Evgenievich.
After this, the following dialogue took place:
V. Putin: That is, you do not directly answer the question, Vladimir Evgenievich, nevertheless, I will finish the sentence for you: it means that they are major scientists, right?
V.Fortov: This means that they deserve to be elected.
Vladimir Putin: So they are major scientists?
V.Fortov: It turns out so.
Vladimir Putin: Then I won’t bother you with the second question. I think that I will have to give them the opportunity to do science, because, apparently, they scientific activity much more important than the performance of some routine administrative duties in government and government bodies.
Apparently, in the near future, all those who became members of the RAS while in the civil service will be forced to leave this service.
Who is in " hit list"? Polit.ru studied certificates and annotations for candidates for academicianship and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, which were issued during elections to the Academy, and selected those who are civil servants not entirely from the scientific field.
Academicians
Biology
Lopatin Alexey Vladimirovich, deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, appointed to this position on August 29, 2016 Dm. Medvedev. Before his election, he was a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Doctor biological sciences, a leading specialist in the field of vertebrate paleontology, author of 195 scientific papers, including 8 monographs. Nominated to academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Biological Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences, specializing in " general biology» Scientific Council of the Paleontological Institute named after. A.A. Borisyak RAS
Geography
Tulokhonov Arnold Kirillovich, member of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, doctor geographical sciences, Professor. Specialist in the field of economic, social and political geography, author of 433 scientific works, including 62 monographs. Nominated to academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, majoring in geography, water resources» Scientific Council of the Baikal Institute of Nature Management SB RAS.
Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Geosciences
Oleg Evgenievich Aksyutin, Member of the Management Board, Head of Department of PJSC Gazprom (Moscow), Doctor technical sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the Department of Geosciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He was nominated to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the specialty “Mining Sciences, Geoecology”. Scientific Councils of the Institute of Geoecology named after. E.S. Sergeev and the Institute oil and gas geology and geophysics named after A.A. Trofimuk SB RAS. Author of 80 scientific papers, including 2 monographs, 34 patents of the Russian Federation, 1 patent of the Republic of Korea, 8 reports at international congresses.
Alexander Nikolaevich Savenkov- deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Head of the Investigation Department (Moscow), doctor legal sciences, Professor. Specialist in the field of criminal law, criminal procedure, criminology, author of more than 50 scientific works, including 3 monographs, 15 textbooks and teaching aids (11 co-authored). Nominated to Corresponding Member of the RAS for the Branch social sciences majoring in law by the Academic Council of the Military University of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
Khristoforov Vasily Stepanovich- Head of the Department of Registration and Archival Funds of the FSB of Russia (Moscow), Doctor of Law, Professor. Specialist in the field of Russian history of the 20th century, the history of the Second World War and security agencies, author of 250 scientific works, including 10 monographs. Nominated to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the specialty “history” by Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.V. Alekseev, corresponding members of the RAS E.I. Pivovar and A.N. Sakharov.
Medicine
Kotenko Konstantin Valentinovich- deputy Managing Director of the President of the Russian Federation - Head of the Main Medical Directorate of the Administration of the President of the Russian Federation (Moscow), doctor medical sciences, Professor. Specialist in the field of restorative medicine, author of more than 300 scientific works, including 10 monographs, 46 manuals and 10 patents. Nominated to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences by the Academic Councils of the Central State medical academy Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine of the Department of Health, Russian scientific center medical rehabilitation and balneology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, First St. Petersburg State medical university them. Academician I.P. Pavlova, RAS academicians L.A. Ilin, G.G. Onishchenko and A.N. Razumov.
Fisun Alexander Yakovlevich- Head of the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor. Specialist in the field of organizing medical support for troops (forces) and medical education, author of 409 scientific works, including 5 manuals and 3 textbooks. Nominated to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the specialty “organization of healthcare and medical education” by the Academic Council of the Military Medical Academy named after. CM. Kirov.
Andrey Rostovtsev, one of the authors of the “Dissernet” project, immediately responded to this list with the results of his “Dissernet” work. It turned out that at least three people from this unfortunate list are heroes of Dissernet.
Thus, Vasily Stepanovich Khristoforov was the scientific supervisor of Ivan Chaev’s dissertation (2009), which was copied to almost two-thirds, and the no less “heroic” work of Maxim Kholodny (2009). Head of the Main Military Medical Directorate of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Fisun distinguished himself with scientific leadership PhD thesis in medical sciences by Anna Tyukina, whose entire work on her dissertation boiled down, apparently, to replacing title page with the last name of Vladimir Igonin in his own. This is the so-called “seamless” dissertation.
The leading organization was Military-medical Academy them. Kirova, the same one who nominated Fisun to a member of the correspondent. This dissertation was not the only one for the professor. His scientific leadership Ph.D. thesis of physician Elena Egorenkova was no less remarkable. True, Dissernet has so far found only half of the texts from which the dissertation was copied.
In turn, Konstantin Kotenko is known to Dissernet as scientific adviser a third of the copied dissertation on medical sciences by Viktor Finogenov from 2009.
Ancient historian and corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Askold Ivanchik noted on his Facebook that this is “the case when it’s hard to disagree with Putin. But Putin does not seem to understand (or pretends) that Fortov has virtually no leverage over the elections in the branches, and the main responsibility for who is elected lies with the members of the branches - and those who nominated and were nominated.”
“Officials have been elected before,” he notes, “mainly in the departments of social sciences and global problems, but they were often stopped at the General Meeting: if a member of the academy spoke and reported that so-and-so was not scientist, then he is practically guaranteed not to get 2/3 of the votes. Now, after the merger of the Medical and Agricultural Academies into the Academy, the quality of the General Meeting has changed greatly. This time, for the first time in my memory, no one was given a ride at the General Meeting - the decisions of the branches were rubber-stamped, mainly, I think, thanks to the votes of these new members, who were much more obedient. At the same time, there were protests against some candidates. This is similar to the Bolshevization of the Academy in 1929, when the voices of the old academicians were diluted as a result of the massive admission of communists to its composition.”
“So, in fact, Putin is attacking Fortov for the results of the RAS reform, which he resisted. And he is annoyed, of course, that the officials did not listen to him and began to run for office without permission. Let’s see if he really will resign them,” writes Askold Ivanchik.
This sign was published by social network users on the eve of the elections to the Russian Academy of Sciences. Alexey Kolmakov was elected Corresponding Member of the RAS.
In addition, he expressed the opinion that perhaps the second source of irritation for Putin was the non-election of two mega-grantees Stas Smirnov and Alexander Kabanov to members of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in addition, their colleague Ruslan Valiev, who was significantly ahead of other candidates in the department according to the H-index ). “For Putin, what is important here is probably not so much that they are vastly superior in scientific level their more successful competitors in the elections... For Putin, it is probably more important that they were among the ten mega-grantees he received in the Kremlin in September, and it was on their initiative that Putin allocated an additional 3.5 billion for science as a result of this meeting. Having not elected them, the members of the respective branches showed middle finger at the same time scientific community, who understands who is who in science and power. I had to be smart."
However, the head of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladimir Fortov, in his speech at the Council on Science and Education, emphasized that the results of the reform of the three academies are far from positive and the “bureaucrats” are advancing: “ Three whole years of reform have passed, but has this led to a noticeable increase in the efficiency of a particular scientist, or any noticeable improvement in his work? Not a bureaucrat boss, but a working scientist? During this time, Vladimir Vladimirovich, our bosses have greatly increased, and the number of bureaucratic reports and other pseudo-scientific dregs has increased. After all, it's still great albert Einstein, a man in love with science and hating formalism, said: “Bureaucracy is the death of any good undertaking.”
The Russian Academy of Sciences was replenished with 176 new academicians, 323 corresponding members and 63 foreign members. Gazeta.Ru found out how complicated the nomination procedure is and what the status of a member of the academy gives today, with the help of academicians of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
As the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician Vladimir Fortov, noted in his speech, the procedure for nomination and election of the Russian Academy of Sciences is complex; he himself counted either six or five secret ballots that candidates for membership in the Academy undergo.
And indeed, the procedure itself began back in April, when it was published distribution of vacancies among departments and sections of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Depending on the situation within the sections, the number of available vacancies for the title of academicians and corresponding members of the RAS was announced.
Moreover, the rules are such that vacancies were indicated separately with and without age restrictions (up to 61 years).
Elections of members of the academy are held at least once every three years. In 2013, the ongoing reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences forced the postponement of the next elections, thus last time its composition was renewed five years ago, and for natural reasons, during this considerable period of time, new vacancies appeared in it.
“A lot of people have died, there haven’t been elections for five years, during which time, unfortunately, a lot of people have left us,” the first interlocutor explained to Gazeta.Ru.
For example, in the section nuclear physics, which together with the section general physics and astronomy make up the department physical sciences, five vacancies were announced for the title of academician without age restrictions, two vacancies with age restrictions and one for Siberian branch RAS. For the title of corresponding member there are six vacancies without restrictions, five with restrictions and one for the Siberian branch.
They have the right to nominate members of the Academy scientific organizations, scientific advice, as well as academicians and corresponding members.
Candidates are first reviewed by an expert commission within each department or section, which includes all or the majority of its academicians. At this event, academicians review materials submitted by departments for candidates and recommend or not recommend individual personalities.
“Academicians sit in the section and discuss for a long time who deserves the title.
People usually don’t talk about someone who is not worthy, no one expresses negative emotions, negative emotion— this is silence,” said an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, a member of the expert commission.
After this, a secret vote takes place, which is carried out by filling out ballot papers. Formally, the decision of the expert commission is of a recommendatory nature, which, however, plays a role in further voting within the section of the department - the names of those recommended will be at the top of the list of candidates.
In their decisions, expert commissions are guided by their assessments of the authority of scientists and the significance of the achievements that stand behind them. In this case, objective scientometric indicators often play a secondary role. “What kind of Hirschis are there (Hirsch index. - Gazeta.Ru)! Maybe someone remembers them, but in general the people who are elected have strong work and discoveries, therefore main criterion — scientific results", the interlocutor explained. Other circumstances are also taken into account - for example, if a person leads a strong team of experimenters, is the director of an institute, he is chosen to maintain control over FANO institutions.
“A lot, of course, happens behind closed doors, but we really don’t have nepotism in the sense of children and grandchildren. Nepotism exists when a teacher can intercede for his student,” he added about the physical sciences department.
After the expert commission, voting for candidates takes place within the section and department itself, where they vote on all candidates, but taking into account the opinion of the expert commission. Then the candidates approved by the department are put on the voting ballot of the general meeting of the Academy of Sciences, which takes place on a non-alternative basis, where the scientist with high probability claim.
However, in the case of a controversial figure, members of the academy more than once “failed” people’s candidacies.
"In my time honorary academician Trofim Lysenko and some of his protégés passed through the departments. And the general meeting overwhelmed them,” explained the first interlocutor. The Academy may refuse to grant the title of Academician to "controversial" figures when it believes that the person has not earned the title, or believes that it will be awarded for political reasons.
In recent times similar story was with Mikhail Kovalchuk, director of the Kurchatov Institute, for whom 204 members cast their votes with a passing minimum of 248 votes (two-thirds of all participants).
There was a case when academicians refused to accept into their ranks the Minister of Nuclear Industry and scientists, who, as some believe, were not elected on ethnic grounds.
Despite the regulation of all stages, there is one informal procedure that is not spelled out in the rules - the so-called tea party with the president of the academy, which occurs after voting in expert commissions and before voting within departments. This is a tribute to a tradition that was inherited from the USSR Academy of Sciences; it was described in detail and with humor by the famous Soviet astrophysicist Joseph Shklovsky in his collection “Echelon”.
“By tradition, branch members are invited by the president to announce the results of the selection committee’s work, after which a preliminary exchange of views on the candidates begins. Meanwhile, the servants are serving rather thin tea with lemon and bowls of cookies. First, in the presence of all members of the department, candidates for corresponding members are discussed, after which the corresponding members are shamefully expelled from the hall, like schoolchildren from the teachers' council. But these are older people—many of them are directors!” — the scientist wrote.
This tradition has remained to this day; during tea parties, members of branches share with the president their opinions on candidates and listen to his thoughts. For example, Vladimir Fortov expressed general wishes that the candidates be younger, so that vacancies do not disappear during the voting. Vacancies can really disappear in cases where strong lineup candidates and some of them fail to get two-thirds of the votes.
Any member of the department can come to the tea party, however, some do not participate in it, considering it empty.
“Rogues” and “chansanettes”
During the voting on general meeting There were no major scandals. True, one cannot fail to note two trends, which, however, were visible long before the vote. Quite discussed in scientific community was the example of Ruslan Valiev, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, winner of the Blaise Pascal Medal in the field of materials science for 2011, one of the most cited Russian scientists, who was nominated from the section of materials sciences.
“Within this section there are strong corporate ties between several institutions located in Moscow, which have seized all power and elect each other regardless of scientific merits“, the second interlocutor explained to Gazeta.Ru. According to Gazeta.Ru, Valiev was disliked by a very specific academician, so this is not the first time Valiev has been “taken for a ride.” By the way, at the aforementioned tea party Fortov raised this issue, to which he was told that Valiev’s materials are not used in industry. “Firstly, they are being used, and secondly, if we talk like this, then in general half the sections should be closed,” the academician believes.
Be that as it may, the son of the section chairman, academician Nikolai Kuznetsov, was elected to the vacancy of corresponding member, for which Valiev, among others, applied.
“In terms of the number of chosen relatives, I’m afraid we have set a record. There are a lot of names of children of living academicians on the list,” the interlocutor added.
The only names that are well-known are doctors Olga Bokeria and Irina Chazova, the daughter of a famous Kremlin cardiologist who, following her father, headed the cardiocenter of the Ministry of Health.
“We have estimated that there are ten to twelve such cases out of five hundred, that is, at the level of 2%. We cannot prohibit this, it is illogical and wrong, since it puts the children of academicians outside the scientific field,” the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences responded to a Gazeta.Ru correspondent when asked to comment on this trend.
The unique approach to elections in the department of medicine is evidenced by the fact that the number of vacancies for the title of academician with an age limit coincided with the number of candidates. And if in other departments the competition reached 20-30 people per place, in the department of medical sciences it was one person per place.
“In fact, 25 academicians will not be elected, but appointed; apparently, they understand the word “election” differently than a large academy,” the interlocutor explained.
At the same time, megagrant specialist in the field of polymer chemistry Alexander Kabanov did not receive support from the Department of Medical Sciences. Just as mathematician Stanislav Smirnov, a Fields Medal winner, with whom Kabanov convinced Vladimir Putin of the need to allocate 3.5 billion rubles, did not receive support. to support young scientists and others scientific projects in Russia.
The director of the State Astronomical Institute of Moscow State University, academician Anatoly Cherepashchuk, does not hide his joy that several famous astrophysicists have joined the academy. This is the head of the department of planetary physics at the Institute of Space Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Oleg Korablev, under whose leadership the instrument that was recently sent to Mars was created; Marat Gilfanov - presenter Researcher IKI RAS; Yuri Kovalev - director scientific program space experiment "Radioastron"; Yuri Balega - scientific director of the Special Astrophysical Observatory RAS.
Undoubtedly deservedly received the title of academician famous physicist Mikhail Danilov, fired from the Institute of Theoretical and experimental physics. Danilov is a well-known scientist in Russia and the West, a recognized expert in the field of physics elementary particles, laureate of the Planck and Karpinsky prizes. He is on the advisory board of CERN, on the scientific councils of a number of international experiments, and participates in the search experiment dark matter, heads departments at MIPT and MEPhI.
What does the title of academician or corresponding member give today? Less than in Soviet times, but also a lot. In addition to honor and respect, this is a certain, and lifelong, monetary allowance.
In 2013, at the height of the reform of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the stipend for the academy members was increased, and academicians began to receive 100 thousand rubles, corresponding members - 50 thousand.
In addition, they can, if necessary, call a car from the academic garage for occasional trips. And members of the academy are attached to the clinic of the Administration of the President of Russia; they, along with family members, were assigned there last summer. It is possible to use the services of various resort institutions, one of which is the Uzkoe sanatorium in Moscow, and others.
However, there is one more privilege that comes with being a member of the RAS. “I also have the right that a civil memorial service for me will be held at the Academy of Sciences. “In the “Golden Brains” (the RAS building on Leninsky Prospekt. - Gazeta.Ru) there is a funeral hall, and when members of the academy die, a civil memorial service takes place there,” the RAS academician joked.
Acquainted with full list selected academicians and corresponding members can be found on the website