Dissertations on History at the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU (Second Half of the 1940s - Mid-1950s)

The article is devoted to the analysis of the practice of defending dissertations established at the Academy of Social Sciences under the Central Committee of the CPSU. The work presents the quantitative data of dissertations on history in the context of the total number of defenses in the 1930s - mid-1950s. It also analyzes the approaches of the Academy team to the work with dissertants, the formulation of topics for dissertation research, the preparation of dissertations, the opposition and defense procedure. The author concludes that the formation of the dissertation culture in the institution was influenced by the practice of defending dissertations in other organizations having the right to award academic degrees.