25Received 09.09.2024. Revised 25.09.2024. Accepted 14.10.2024.
Abstract. The Institute of World Economy and World Politics, which existed from 1925 to 1947, was the predecessor of the modern Primakov National Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences. The IMEMO, created in 1956, inherited from its predecessor not only the best research traditions, but also a number of reputable economists and political scientists. The foundation of the Institute of World Economy and World Politics was directly related to overcoming the international isolation of the USSR in 1924 and its gradual entry into the Versailles system of international relations. Under the new conditions, when hopes for a world revolution were not justified, the Soviet leadership, without abandoning the fight against imperialism, found itself facing the need to interact with the “hostile capitalist environment.” At the same time, it was lacking scientifically based expert assessments and forecasts of world development. In addition, the Kremlin wanted to receive information analyzed by experts about the current political and economic situation in major countries of the West and East. These tasks were assigned to the Institute of World Economy and World Politics, created in 1925 at the Communist Academy. The initial period of the Institute’s activity was associated with the name of Professor Fedor Rotshtein, an old Bolshevik, diplomat, historian and journalist. The article, based on archival sources, is dedicated to the organization of the Institute of World Economy and World Politics, the formation of its structure and its human resources in the first year of the Institute’s existence.
Keywords: Institute of World Economy and World Politics, Communist Academy, Institute of Red Professors, Comintern, Rotshtein, Klyuchnikov, Pashukanis, Galkovich, Nakhimson (Speñtator), Thalheimer, Kaplan
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