Dissemination of l. S. Vigotski's cultural-historical theory in Brazil

<p><strong>Context and relevance</strong>. The article presents brief information on how the works of L. S. Vygotsky and his collaborators arrived and spread in Brazil and data from a survey on the Platform of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development of the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Research (CNPq), more specifically, on the Directory of Research Groups (DGP) which records data and production of research groups in Brazil. <strong>Objective. </strong>The survey focused on research groups in the areas of education and psychology and sought to identify Brazilian research groups that indicate, in their titles and summaries of activities, that they carry out research based on the cultural-historical theory of L. S. Vygotsky. <strong>Methods and materials. </strong>We carried out a survey to see how many research groups are active in Brazil working with cultural-historical theory, specifically in the areas of education and psychology. The survey was carried out through a series of searches on the DGP-CNPq's parameterized consultation page, between June 1 and 10, 2025. <strong>Results.</strong> The survey showed that of the total of 154 groups found according to the descriptors chosen, 140 groups (90.9%) are in public educational institutions and 14 (9.1%) in private institutions. This data shows the importance that public educational institutions attach to recording activities carried out by groups of their researchers. <strong>Conclusions.</strong> Although the arrival of Vygotsky's works in Brazil took place almost 40 years ago, the dissemination of his thought unfortunately took place based on translations and editions that mutilated his writings and thus misrepresented important ideas from his studies and theoretical-methodological investigations. The survey presented in this text does not go into this issue in depth, nor does it discuss the bibliographical references used in the intellectual production of the research groups registered with DGP-CNPq. We have restricted ourselves to some more general aspects of the current scenario, even though we know, as has been pointed out, that it does not correspond exactly to reality.</p>