Сociology in the USSR. Notes from the institute director

Book of the Director of the Institute of Sociological Research of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR Academy of Sciences (1983-1988) Member of the Corresponding of the Russian Academy of Sciences V.N. Ivanova is devoted to the process of approving sociology as a science in the USSR in the 80s of the last century. The note genre allowed the author to tell about many events characterizing this process, and people involved in them. The book (in the application) also contains official documents and memoirs of colleagues-sociologists that significantly complement the main text. The book is addressed to both professional sociologists and everyone who is interested in the history of the revival of sociology in our country