Commission for the Study of Russian Natural Productive Resources,

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COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF RUSSIAN NATURAL PRODUCTIVE FORCES founded under the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1915 during World War I of 1914-18. It was situated at 2a Tuchkovaya Embankment. Its major objectives included studying natural resources of the country, which could be used in production. It united the work of scientists in this field, founded a research institute, and compiled information on various kinds of raw materials. After October 1917, the commission developed plans for the Russian Academy of Sciences to take part in economic and cultural development, arranged expeditions, and conducted basic and applied research in the natural and technical sciences. The information it prepared was used for drawing up the Russian Electrification Plan. Its major publications included Russia, Russia's Riches, Russian Natural Productive Resources, Materials for the Study of Natural Productive Forces of Russia, etc. It was V. I. Vernadsky, a member of the academy, who was the chairman of the committee in 1915-30. The committee comprised a number of institutions and by 1930 they included the Institute for the Physical and Chemical Analysis, Institute for the Study of Platinum and Other Precious Metals, departments of non-metallic minerals and rock building materials, geographical department with the Forest Museum, departments of power engineering, gas, bibliography, and spread of scientific knowledge, as well as Sapropelic Committee, Bureau of Genetics, Spectroscopic Bureau, and scientific library. Based on the Commission for the Study of Natural Productive Resources and the Commission for Research Expeditions of the Academy of Sciences, a Council for the Study of Productive Resources of the USSR was established as a part of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR in 1930, situated in the Stock Exchange Building in the 1930s.

References: Библиография опубликованных работ КЕПС и СОПС (1915-1967). М., 1969. Т. 1; Кольцов А. В. Создание и деятельность Комиссии по изучению естественных производительных сил России, 1915-1930 гг. СПб., 1999.

O. N. Ansberg. Makarova Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2, litera л. А
Кольцов А. В. Создание и деятельность Комиссии по изучению естественных производительных сил России, 1915-1930 гг. СПб., 1999
Библиография опубликованных работ КЕПС и СОПС (1915-1967). М., 1969 Russian Academy of Sciences