Science and Technology History Studies in the National academy of science of Ukraine

The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences was founded on November 14, 1918. In the spring of 1928, academician I. Malinovsky proposed to organize a Commission on the history of knowledge at the Academy. The Commission for the History of Natural Sciences was established on February 13, 1934, and existed until 1942. In 1946, a Department for the history of mathematics (headed by Y.Shtokalo) was established at the Institute of Mathematics. In December 1948 academician V .Danilevsky proposed to create the Institute of the History of Engineering to study the history of national engineering and technical sciences, technical education, technical literature, technical terminology. On March 11, 1949 the Department for the history of technology at the Institute of Heat Power Engineering, as well as the Commission for the History of Technology (headed V.Danilevsky) were organized. It was planned to transform the Commission into the Institute for the History of Technology, but due to lack of funds, the intention was not realized. On January 4, 1963, on the basis of the Department for the history of mathematics and the Department for the history of technology The Sector for the History of Natural Science and Technology (originally called The Sector for the History of Technology and Natural Science) was organized. In 1986, based on the Sector and the science divisions of the Council for the Study of the Productive Forces of Ukraine the Center (now Institute) for Scientific and technological potential and science history studies was organized (headed G.Dobrov). In this center, the Department of the history of science and technology was established (now called the Department of the history and sociology of science and technology