The Position of Science and Scientist in the National Republicsof Siberia: A Comparative Analysis of Soviet and Post-Soviet Experience

The article is devoted to the analysis of ethnic scientific communities. Based on the analysis of research literature, the author comes to the conclusion that there is a local, ethnic nature of the specificity of scientific communities. This specificity is manifested primarily in the formation of a kind of “image of science and scientist”, which is especially pronounced in modernizing societies. The obtained theoretical results are illustrated by the example of the formation, evolution and current state of the scientific and educational communities of the republics of Siberia (Tuva, Khakassia, Buryatia, Altai). It is proved that the specifics of their post-Soviet development is largely due to Soviet experience, in particular when it comes to the place of a scientist in a traditional and modernized society, the role of science and education as a social elevator, the place of spheres of intellectual production in the modern social and economic structure of these regions.