The Department of Humanitarian Interdisciplinary Research FRC Komi SC UB RAS: History and development prospects

The article presents the stages of development of the Department of Humanitarian Interdisciplinary Research, Komi Science Centre of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences: establishment of the Scientific Archive (1953), its reorganization into the Department “Scientific Archive and Encyclopedia” (2005), transformation into the Department of Humanitarian Interdisciplinary Research with the group “Scientific Archive” (2015). In the past decades, the traditions of storing, accounting, and introducing the documents of the archive into scientific circulation were formed and strengthened; the experience of conducting source studies, creating a photo chronicle and documentary history of the Komi Science Centre, and organizing scientific conferences was gained. The issues of preservation of scientific heritage and study of the history of science in the European North of Russia formed two directions of scientific research of the Department of Humanitarian Interdisciplinary Research staff. The results of their work are reflected in individual and collective monographs, analytical articles, scientific and reference publications.