International contacts of Soviet scientists during 1917-1924.

The international collaboration of the USSR with foreign countries in the fields of science and culture has been discussed repeatedly by Soviet scholars. (1) However, many aspects of this problem have not yet received scientific treatment. The present article poses the problem of discovering the trends and principles of international cooperation in science established by Lenin, of demonstrating the considerable work that was begun in the very first years of Soviet power to develop ties with the scientific public and with international scholarly organizations abroad, and of investigating the role and significance of the USSR Academy of Sciences in the development of these ties.