St Petersburg Academy of Sciences | Wikipedia audio article
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00:01:09 1 Membership 00:03:26 2 Present structure 00:03:56 2.1 Territorial branches 00:06:07 2.2 Regional centers 00:07:13 3 Institutions 00:09:16 4 Awards 00:09:32 5 History 00:09:41 5.1 The Academy of Sciences of the Russian Empire 00:12:57 5.2 The Academy of Sciences of the USSR 00:18:03 5.3 Post-Soviet period of the Academy 00:19:41 5.3.1 Reforms (2013—2018) 00:24:01 6 Presidents 00:24:43 7 Nobel Prize laureates affiliated with the Academy
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The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; Russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) Rossíiskaya akadémiya naúk) consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across the Russian Federation; and additional scientific and social units such as libraries, publishing units, and hospitals. Headquartered in Moscow, the Academy (RAS) is considered a civil, self-governed, non-commercial organization chartered by the Government of Russia. It combines the members of RAS (see below) and scientists employed by institutions. Near the central academy building there is a monument to Yuri Gagarin in the square bearing his name. As of November 2017, the Academy included 1008 institutions and other units; in total about 125,000 people were employed of whom 47,000 were scientific researchers.