Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences

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The Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences is a research institute in the Central Asian state of Kyrgyzstan .

Kyrgyz postage stamp dedicated to the Academy of Sciences

history

The Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences has its origins in 1924 when the academic center of the Kyrgyz Autonomous Oblast was established. In 1943 an offshoot of the USSR Academy of Sciences was founded in Kyrgyzstan, and in 1954 the institution was significantly redesigned. After the collapse of the Soviet Union and the independence of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan in 1991, the Kyrgyz branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences was transformed into a national institution, today's Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences, by government decree in 1993.

target

The Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences has set itself a number of goals on which its scientific work is based:

  • Advance fundamental research and gain new knowledge about nature and society
  • Accompany new possibilities with necessary knowledge
  • Making Kyrgyz technologies and products internationally competitive
  • Establish subject areas for research in the country
  • Secure innovation and growth by networking academic knowledge

research

The Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences is active in numerous areas of research. The focus is on geology and energy , medicine , regional history, chemistry , agriculture and social sciences .

Projects

A selection of the academy's best-known projects and research results:

  • At the end of the 1950s, the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences was involved in the creation of the first Kyrgyz-Russian dictionary
  • In the 1960s, a map of the seismically active zones in Kyrgyzstan was created
  • In the 1970s, scientists from the Kyrgyz Academy bred a new breed of sheep
  • the academy has been hosting a conference of Kyrgyz scientists since the 1990s
  • Finds at the bottom of Lake Issyk-Kul prove the existence of ancient and medieval cultures in the region
  • an institute under the umbrella of the academy deals with issues of water supply, which are of immense importance in Kyrgyzstan and throughout Central Asia

President

Askar Akayev , former President of the Academy, later President of Kyrgyzstan

Overview of the presidents of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences since the academy's inception in 1943.

Surname Beginning of the presidency End of the presidency
Skryabin, Konstantin Ivanovich 1943 1952
Ahunbaev, Isa Konoevich 1952 1960
Karakeev, Kurman-Ghali 1960 1978
Adyshev, Musa Mirzapayazovich 1978 1978
Imanaliev, Murzabek Imanalievich 1979 1986
Laverov, Nokolay Pavlovich 1987 1989
Akayev, Askar 1989 1990
Aitmatov, Ilgiz Torokulovich 1990 1993
Koichuev, Turar Koichuevich 1993 1997
Jeenbekov, Janybek Jeenbekobich 1997 2007
Jorobekova, Sharipa Jorobekovna 2007 2012
Erkebav, Abdygany Erkebaevich 2012 2017
Dzhumataev, Murat Sadyrbekovich 2017 officiating

Individual evidence

  1. ^ National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (NAS KR). Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Main page. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  3. ↑ SOUTH DIVISION. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  4. ↑ HISTORY. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  5. ^ Research Institute of Water Problems and Hydro-energy Problems of the Kyrgyz Republic Academy of Sciences (Kyrgyzstan). Retrieved May 21, 2019 .
  6. ↑ PRESIDENTS. Retrieved May 21, 2019 .