A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BULLETIN (. . .) OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE U.S.S.R.
| Published date | 01 January 1945 |
| Date | 01 January 1945 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026063 |
| Pages | 45-56 |
| Author | THEODORE BESTERMAN |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Library & information science |
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE BULLETIN (ИЗВЕСТИЯ)
OF THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE U.S.S.R.1
by THEODORE BESTERMAN
Summary
THIS
most complicated of all periodicals was first published as the Bulletin
scientifique
[A], ten volumes of which were issued from 1836 to 1842. It was
then divided into two parts, the
Bulletin
de la
classe historico-philologique
[B]
and the Bulletin de la
classe physico-mathématique
[C]; both were published
from 1842 to 1859, the former in sixteen volumes, the latter in seventeen.
The two sections were then re-united as the
Bulletin
[D], thirty-six volumes
of which appeared in 1859-94(?). The journal was then given a Russian
title,
Извrъcтiя
[Е] and called the fifth series; twenty-five volumes appeared
in this form in 1894 to 1906. A sixth series [F], under the same title with
several secondary variations, in twenty-one volumes, was issued in 1907
to 1927. The seventh series was again divided into two parts, humanistic [G]
and scientific [H]; the former appeared from 1928 to 1930, in three un-
numbered volumes, the latter from 1928 to 1935 in eight unnumbered
volumes. The humanistic series then ceased, but the scientific one was sub-
divided into four parts, devoted to biology [I], geology [J], chemistry [K],
and physics [L]; these began publication in 1936 and are in progress, except
the part devoted to chemistry, which was merged in another journal
published by the Academy. In the following year (1937) other sub-sections
were added, devoted to mathematics [M] and to geography and geo-
physics
[N].
In the meanwhile a new main
class
devoted to social sciences [O]
had been added in 1931 to the humanistic and the scientific. Later further
new classes were created, a chemical one [P] in 1940, a literary and linguistic
one [Q] in 1940, and
a
technological one [R] in
1937;
these are all in progress.
Parts of
B,
C, and D (and of
F)
were reprinted, in a smaller format, in
classified
Melanges.
An
Avertissement
issued in 1849 announced that they
would appear in six parts: 1.
Mélanges mathématiques
et
astronomiques
[S],
2.
Mélanges physiques et chimiques
[U],
3.
Mélanges biologiques
[V],
4.
Melanges
russes [W], 5.
Mélanges asiatiqties
[X], and 6.
Melanges gréco-romains
[Z].
Much later, in 1892, a seventh series was added, the
Mélanges géologiques
et
paléontologiques
[BB]. The first of these
Mélanges
was published in seven
volumes from 1850 to
1894;
in 1919 appeared one volume of
a
new series [T]
under a Russian title. The second and third were published in thirteen
volumes each from 1849 to 1894. The fourth appeared in five volumes from
1849 to 1886. The fifth was issued in ten volumes from 1849 to 1888,
followed by two volumes of
a
new
series
[Y] under a Russian tide in 1918-19.
The sixth was published in six volumes from 1850 to 1894; in 1918 was
1 It has not been possible to see an absolutely complete set, with all the wrappers, pre-
liminary and supplementary matter, &c.; a very few minor details have therefore been left
as queries.
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