Formation of research personnel at the Institute for the study of Siberia and its role in supporting young scientists

The activities of the Institute for the Study of Siberia (ISS) for the training of scientific personnel and support for young scientists are studied, based on a wide range of sources, documentary publications and scientific literature, are analyzed in the article. The aim of the article is to identify the contribution of the Institute for the Study of Siberia to the training of scientific personnel and the support of young researchers. It is noted that during the Civil War in Russia, scientists from both European Russia and Siberia were in the conditions that prevented the conduct of efficient scientific work. The Institute for the Study of Siberia, established in 1919, helped to support the scientific activities of researchers, including young scientists. The composition of the participants of the congress on the organization of the Institute for the Study of Siberia is analyzed to identify young researchers. Of the 240 congress participants, 32 young researchers were identified, including future eminent scientists: K.M. Bykov, V.D. Kuznetsov, A.N. Krishtofovich, A.M. Kuzmin etc. It is emphasized that the congress on the organization of ISS not only contributed to gaining experience and knowledge for young researchers, but also to establishing communication between scientists in Siberia and the wider Russian scientific space. The composition of young scientists working directly in the ISS, or in contact with it is identified. Among the researchers there were outstanding scholars in future Siberian and USSR science figures: G.V. Grdin, G.S. Landsberg, M.P. Gryaznov, S.I. Rudenko, S.A. Teplouhov, B.V. and M.V. Tronov, I.M. Myagkov, A.V. Predtechensky, E.B. Petri, A.M. Selishchev, S.M. Shirokogorov and others. The most productive cases of cooperation of young scientists with ISS are considered. Forms of training research personnel at ISS have been studied. One of these forms was lecturing by ISS employees for both the general public and specialists. Another form was the organization at ISS of courses for the preparation of nature researchers. ISS also supported the idea of creating courses in Siberian studies, and even put forward an initiative to organize a faculty of Siberian Studies at Tomsk University. Thus, it is legitimate to consider ISS as a project of the Siberian public, designed not only to conduct and organize research, but also to ensure the continuity of the scientific tradition. In the difficult years of the Civil War, when the gap between scientific generations became apparent, ISS allowed scientists to work in it to remain scientists and engage in scientific research, without becoming ordinary citizens who only care about their existence.

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