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Since science is intrinsically related to the regime, it enjoys an unparalleled position in the Soviet Union. Not only is it the instrument for social development and fulfillment; it is also the bedrock, point of reference and logical conclusion of Marxist-Leninist ideology, Lenin’s “scientifically-based doctrine,” from which the regime claims to derive its legitimacy.
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© 1987 Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Dordrecht
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Matcheret, G. (1987). The Academy of Sciences and the Restructuring of R&D in the Soviet Union. In: Sinclair, C. (eds) The Status of Soviet Civil Science. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3647-8_5
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