The Socialist Academy of Social Sciences (SAON) was an educational establishment created in Russia in October 1918 with “the aim of studying and teaching social studies from the point of view of scientific socialism.”
The original name of the academy was agreed over and against the proposal to call it the Communist Academy owing to objections raised by
Left Socialist Revolutionaries
The Party of Left Socialist-Revolutionaries (russian: Партия левых социалистов-революционеров-интернационалистов) was a revolutionary socialist political party formed during the Russian Rev ...
. They had supported the
Bolshevik
The Bolsheviks (russian: Большевики́, from большинство́ ''bol'shinstvó'', 'majority'),; derived from ''bol'shinstvó'' (большинство́), "majority", literally meaning "one of the majority". also known in English ...
seizure of power in November 1917, but had withdrawn that support in March 1918. Nevertheless they continued their involvement in such institutions as the Socialist Academy at this time.
On 17 April 1924, the Academy was transformed into the
Communist Academy.
''Bulletin of the Socialist Academy''
From 1922, the Academy published a bulletin ''Вестник Социалистической академии'' (Bulletin of the Socialist Academy). After 6 issues, the numbering was continued under the title ''Вестник Коммунистической академии"'' (Bulletin of the Communist Academy).
References
1918 establishments in Russia
Socialism in Russia
Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union
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