The aim of the project is to maintain the incorporation of Russian economic science to the world science on the base of full presentation of N.D.Kondratieff scientific heritage and its implementation in the development of new world scientific paradigm.
The main tasks of the project is:
  • The creation and maintaining of the full informational data base covering the main significant biographical events in the life of N.D.Kondratieff that influenced to the development of his ideas, as well as his major scientific achievements in different branches of economic science, the versatility of his destiny and creation and to show the impact of Kondratieff’s theory to the development of modern economic science.
  • The forming of the systematic picture of modern researches in Russian and world science and their results, based on the Kondratieff scientific heritage; to show the fruitful results of the creative interconnection between Russian and western economic science.
  • Providing the world wide free access to the data about N.D.Kondratieff including unique archive ones, and about the variety of modern scientific approaches that following for Kondratieff ideas for the purpose to stimulate the international cooperation in the studying of durable economic development.
  • Maintaining the e-collection of publications od Kondratieff itself, works about him and modern researches in the fiend of Kondratieff’s theory/ including works publishing around a world in different languages.
About project

At the year of the 110 jubilee of N.D.Kondratieff in 2002 Interdiciplinary Center of SPbGU, International Kondratieff Foundation, International institute of Pitirim Sorokin-Nikolai Kondratieff, Russian State Archives of Economics created the Internet Site “Nikolai Kondratieff”, published in Russian language at www.kondratieff.nw.ru.
Site devoted to the way-marches of famous Russian scientists, his scientific heritage and to the development of his ideas in the world and Russian science.
Creation of that Site was the part of great project “The world scientific heritage” that include the development of the system of internet-sites devoted to the famous Russian scientists: P.Sorokin, D.Mendeleev, B.Vernadsky, A.Chizevsky, A.Bogdanoff, N.Moiseev and others. This international and interdisciplinary project considered as the common wealth of the millions in the world, and firstly been destined to facilitate the access to this scientific heritage for the new young generation of XXI century and to stimulate the scientific thought with respect to this reach intellectual storage.
Now IFK, Economic Faculty of St.Petersburg State University, International institute of Pitirim Sorokin-Nikolai Kondratieff, Russian State Archives of Economics are present a version of newly elaborated Internet Site “Nicolai Kondratieff” in English aiming to support and facilitate the the world spreading of Kondratieff scientific heritage as commonwealth and as the cornerstone of the new paradigm of social science.
We are inviting for enthusiasts and specialists from different countries to take part in the development of this project. Interesting materials about Kondratieff, his scientific contacts, data about the modern development of his ideas in different branches of economy in different countries, especially presentations of new scientific results in this field, about scientific conferences and publications are welcoming. We are asks to UNESCO, scientific and beneficent funds with the call to support this initiative.



With respects,
Academician of the RAS,
N.Kondratieff International Institute                                                                 Yu.V.Yakovets
Associate Professor,
Department of Economic Theory,
Faculty of Economics, SPbGUInstitute                                                             Yu.Rumiantseva

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