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A “Free Public Service” On the 200th Anniversary of the Moscow Society of Agriculture

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In connection with the 200th anniversary of the Moscow Society of Agriculture (MSA), the first agricultural society in our country, this article describes its activities over the years of its existence (1820–1930) in developing advanced agricultural theory and practice in Russia and their productive synthesis. Particular attention is paid to the role of the Moscow Society of Agriculture in the agrarian modernization of the country, many years of economic and educational work in the peasant and landlord milieu, achievements in the improvement of individual agricultural sectors, the progress of agricultural science and the formation of the foundations of civil society in prerevolutionary Russia. The important role of the Moscow Society of Agriculture in the preservation and development of economic, sociocultural, and Orthodox traditions is revealed, and the relevance of this unique national heritage in modern Russia is noted, including the development of the foundations of a regional approach to the exploration and development of rural territories.

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  1. Institute of Russian History, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

    S. A. Kozlov

  2. Nikonov All-Russia Institute of Agrarian Problems and Informatics, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Petrikov

  3. Russian State Agrarian University–Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Moscow, Russia

    V. M. Bautin

  4. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute, Moscow, Russia

    A. L. Ivanov

  5. Northwest Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture, St. Petersburg, Russia

    A. I. Kostyaev

  6. St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University of the Humanities, Moscow, Russia

    G. L. Orekhanov

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Sergei Alekseevich Kozlov, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), is a Leading Researcher of the RAS Institute of Russian History (RAS IRH). RAS Academician Aleksandr Vasil’evich Petrikov is Director of the Nikonov All-Russia Institute of Agrarian Problems and Informatics (ARIAPI). RAS Academician Vladimir Moiseevich Bautin is Research Supervisor of the Institute of Economics and Management in Agribusiness, Russian State Agrarian University–Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (RSAU–MTAA). RAS Academician Andrei Leonidovich Ivanov is Director of the Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute. RAS Academician Aleksandr Ivanovich Kostyaev is Chief Researcher at the Northwest Research Institute of Economics and Organization of Agriculture. Georgii Leonidovich Orekhanov, Dr. Sci. (Hist.), was Vice Rector for International Affairs at St. Tikhon’s Orthodox University of the Humanities.

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Kozlov, S.A., Petrikov, A.V., Bautin, V.M. et al. A “Free Public Service” On the 200th Anniversary of the Moscow Society of Agriculture. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 90, 364–374 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331620030041

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