Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences (official name National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan), originally part of the
Soviet Academy of Sciences
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...
, was established as an independent entity by government decree in December 1993.
The aims of the Academy are to carry out research in natural, engineering, and social sciences, to train scientists in all fields of knowledge, to advise the government in matters of scientific policy, and to disseminate knowledge. The Academy defines the research topics in the national research institutions, coordinates basic research funded by the state, participates in international organizations, and organizes symposia and conferences to discuss scientific issues and coordinate research. As of 2008, there are 37 academicians, 57 corresponding members, and 7 foreign members. Academician Murat Djumataev was elected to a position as the new president of the Academy on 31 October 2017.
History
The history of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences begins in 1943 when Kyrgyz Branch of the
Academy of Sciences of the USSR
The Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union was the highest scientific institution of the Soviet Union from 1925 to 1991, uniting the country's leading scientists, subordinated directly to the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (until 1946 ...
was established. It included institutes of geology, biology, chemistry, language, and history. An increasing potential of the branch resulted in establishing the Academy of Sciences of Kyrgyz SSR by a decree of the
Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union on August 17, 1954. Among 8 research units of the Academy were institutes of: chemistry, geology, botanic, water management and energy, history, zoology and parasitology, language and literature, and medicine. In December 1993, the Academy of Sciences was transformed into National Academy of Sciences with newly established South branch.
Departments and Institutions
The Academy has 3 major departments (sections), specifically:
* Physico Technical, Mathematical, and Mining and Geological Sciences,
* Chemical Engineering, Medical and Biological, and Agrarian Sciences, and
* Social Sciences
Each of departments consists of scientific institutes, and centers.
Department of Physico Technical, Mathematical, and Mining and Geological Sciences
* Institute of Automatics and Information Technologies
* Institute of Machine Science
* Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics
* Institute of Physico Technical Problems and Material Engineering
* Institute of Water Problems and Hydroenergetics
* Institute of Geology
* Institute of Rock Mechanics and Exploration of Mineral Resources
* Institute of Seismology
Department of Chemical Engineering, Medical and Biological, and Agrarian Sciences
* Institute of Biotechnology
* Institute of Forest after G.A.Gan
* Botanical Garden after E.Z Gareev
* Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
* Institute of Mountain Physiology
* Innovation Center of Phytotechnologies
* Botanic and Soils Institute
Department of Social Sciences
* Institute of History and Cultural Heritage
* Institute of Language and Literature after Ch.T.Aitmatov
* Institute of Economics after A.Alyshbaev
* Institute of Philosophy and Political-Legal Research
* Center of Methodology of Science and Social Research
Presidents of the Academy of Sciences
The list of presidents of the Academy of Sciences is as follows:
Academicians
*
Andrey Korjenkov
Andrey Korjenkov is a Kyrgyz seismologist and geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists us ...
*
Kakish Ryskulova
Kakish Ryskulova, in Kyrgyz: Какиш Рыскулова (15 October 1918) - 26 August 2018) was a medical doctor and politician from Kyrgyzstan, who was an Academician of the Kyrgyz Academy of Sciences. She was the first central Asian and firs ...
References
External links
Kyrgyz Academy of Scienceson The Interacademy Panel site.
{{authority control
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the ea ...
USSR Academy of Sciences
Science and technology in Kyrgyzstan
1943 establishments in the Soviet Union
Scientific organizations established in 1943