National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
| National Academy of Sciences of Belarus | |
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| founding | 1929 |
| Sponsorship | state |
| place | Minsk , Belarus |
| president | Mikhail U. Myasnikowitsch |
| Website | nasb.gov.by |
The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus , ( ba. : Нацыянальная акадэмія навук Беларусі ; ru. : Национальная академия наук Беларуси, НАН Беларуси, НАНБ ; s. : National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB)) is a national Academy of Sciences in Belarus .
history
The academy was officially founded on October 13, 1928 out of the Byelorussian Cultural Institute ("Inbelkult") and by state decree on January 1, 1929; The founding president was the historian Usewalad Ihnatouski. Between 1928 and 1936 it operated as the Belarusian Academy of Sciences, between 1936 and 1991 as the Academy of Sciences of the Belarusian SSR and between 1991 and 1997 as the Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
The academy was one of the leading academic academies in the former countries of the Soviet Union . The Belarusian President Aljaksandr Lukashenka has been influencing the academy in terms of structure and research direction by means of decrees since 1997 .
As the highest scientific institution in Belarus, the academy is currently creating the research base for the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus.
organization
In addition to the headquarters of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences in Minsk, there are numerous institutes in Brest , Gomel , Hrodna , Mahiljou and Vitebsk .
The academy is divided into seven departments:
- Department of Agricultural Sciences
- Department of Biology and Life Sciences
- Department of Humanities and Arts
- Department of Medicine and Medical Sciences
- Department of Physics, Mathematics and Computer Science
- Department of Physics and Engineering
- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Academy presidents
- Usewalad Makarawitsch Ihnatouski, 1928 to 1936
- Pavel Vossipavich Horyn (Kaljada), 1931 to 1936
- Ivan Sakharovich Surta, 1936 to 1937
- Kanstanzin Wassiljewitsch Horau, 1938 to 1946
- Anton Ramanavich Schebrak, 1947
- Mikalaj Ivanawitsch Graschtschankau, 1948 to 1951
- Wassilij Feafilawitsch Kuprewitsch, 1952 to 1969
- Mikalaj Aljaksandrawitsch Baryssewitsch, 1969 to 1987
- Uladzimir Pyatrovich Platonau, 1987 to 1992
- Leanid Michajlawitsch Suschtschennja, 1992 to 1997
- Aljaksandr Paulawitsch Vajtowitsch, 1997 to 2000
- Mikhail Uladsimirawitsch Myasnikowitsch , 2001 to 2004, President since 2004
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Belarus wants to start building its first nuclear power plant in 2008 ( memo from November 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), Belarus News, February 5, 2007.