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Department of philosophy of the Moscow State University in 1953. From 1962 to
1965, he worked as an editor, first in Moscow, and then in Prague. From 1965 to
1968, he was engaged in party work. From 1968 to 1977, he was editor-in-Chief of
the journal Voprosy filosofii. His work is in dialectical materialism, philosophical
problems in contemporary natural science, and the social and philosophical problems
of the scientific and technological revolution. In the 1970s, he was on the editorial
council for publications of the Institute of the History of Natural Science and
Technology of the AN SSSR. (GSE 28, p. 389.)
Gvishiani, Dzhermen M., D. Phil. S. Born in 1928 in Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR.
Philosopher and sociologist. Corresponding member of the Philosophy and Law
Department of the Academy since 1970, and academician since 1979. He graduated
from the Moscow Institute of International Relations in 1951. From 1951 to 1955,
he served in the Soviet navy. In 1955, he began work with the State Committee for
New Technology of the Council of Ministers of the former Soviet Union, and in
1965, he became vice-Chairman of the GKNT. In 1969, he was made Head of the
Laboratory for Research Into Complex Problems of Management of the Institute for
Concrete Social Research of the Academy. He has been Chairman of the governing
Council of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna since
1972. In the 1970s, he was on the editorial council for publications of the Institute
of the History of Natural Science and Technology of the Academy. Since 1977, he
has been Director of the All-Union Systems Research Scientific Research Institute in
Moscow, subordinate to the Information Sciences, Computer Technology and
Automation Department of the Academy. He has led research on information
problems--stressing the principles of managing fundamental science. (GSE 6, p.
493.)
Kudriavtsev, Vladimir N., D. Iur. S. Born in 1923 in Moscow. Russian iurist. Vice
President of the Academy for the Social sciences since 1988. Corresponding
member of the Philosophy and Law Department of the Academy since 1974; and,
academician since 1984. From 1952 to 1960 he taught and researched at the V. I.
Lenin Military Political Academy. From 1960-63 he was Deputy Chief and Chief of
organizational inspection division of the Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of
the former Soviet Union In 1963 he joined the All-Union Institute for the Study of
the Causes of Crime and the Development of Crime Prevention Measures. From
1969 to 1973 he was Director of that institute. Since l973, he has served as Director
of the State and Law Institute in Moscow that was established in 1938 and is
Russia's most prestigious and important facility for conducting research on
governmental l, legal and political affairs. Its research directly affects Russian
legislation. His principal works are on criminal law and criminology. Since l975, he
has been Deputy Chairman of Soviet Sociological Association, Moscow. Since
l983, he has served as a member of the Presidium of the Soviet Committee for the
Defense of Peace. Since l985, he has been member of the Presidium of the
Academy. Since 1988, he has been the Academician Secretary of the Philosophy and
Law Department of the Academy. (GSE 30, p. 536.) (See Academician Secretary
above.)
Laptev, Vladimir V. Born in 1924. Corresponding member since 1979. Academician
since December 1987. Member of the Bureau of the department.
Osipov, Gennadii V., D. Phil. S. Born in 1929. Corresponding member of the
Philosophy and Law Department of the Academy since 1987; academician in 1993.
In 1991, he was made Director of the Sociopolitical Studies Institute in Moscow
which was organized in 1991. The institute has a staff of 109 researchers, 82 of
whom have advanced postgraduate degrees. Institute structure: The institute is
structured into three centers, two Departments, and four sectors as follows: Centers:
(1.) the center for sociopolitical and methodological problems with sectors on interethnic
relations, sociology of public consciousness, the sociology of religion, and a
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