Russian Academy of Sciences in institutional and instrumental systems of memory policy

The article analyzes the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the memory politics in Russia. It evaluates strategic planning documents at the federal level from the point of view of the potential for participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the memory politics. The author shows the ways of participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the institutional and instrumental foundations of the memory politics. The article concludes that it is necessary to improve Russian legislation in terms of increasing the significance of the role of the Russian Academy of Sciences as a participant in the implementation of the memory politics. From the author’s point of view, the following directions are promising: increasing the role of Russia in the scientific space, promoting the Russian civilizational model of development abroad, popularizing the scientific achievements of Russia, conducting scientific research aimed at counteracting the falsification of historical truth, developing a historiosophical model of political and legal knowledge in Russia. It is necessary to expand the expert functions of the Russian Academy of Sciences in terms of carrying out the examination of educational and historical educational programs, textbooks and scientific and methodological literature on history.