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{{Infobox organization
|name         = Russian Academy of Sciences
|image        = Golden brain.png
|size         = 220px
|caption      = the Russian Academy of Sciences building in Moscow
|motto        = 
|formation    = 1724
|headquarters = [[Moscow]]
|leader_title = President
|leader_name  =	[[Alexander Sergeev]] <br> (since September 27, 2017)  
|membership   = 
|website      = 
}}

The '''Russian Academy of Sciences''' ({{lang-ru|Российская академия наук}}, shortened to {{lang-ru|РАН}}, ''RAN'') is a network of scientific research institutes across the Russian Federation. consists of the [[national academy]] of [[Russia]] and a network of scientific [[research]] [[Institution|institutes]] from across the country. It also includes other scientific and social groups like [[Library|libraries]], [[publishing]] units and [[hospital]]s.

Like the [[French Academy of Sciences]] and unlike [[The Royal Society]] in Britain, the Russian Academy of Sciences has two types of membership. The top-level members are [[w:en:Academician|academicians]] (844 scientists, as of April 2021). The next-level members are corresponding members (1079 scientists). There are also [[professor]]s of the RAN (604 scientists). 3 professors became academicians and 137 professors became corresponding members. These are now counted twice: as professors and as members. The last elections were organized in November 2019. To be elected to the Academy is a great honor for any researcher.

== Other websites ==
{{Commonscat|Russian Academy of Sciences}}
* [http://www.ras.ru/index.aspx?_Language=en RAS website]
* [http://www.pran.ru/ Website of RAS management] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040609093419/http://www.pran.ru/ |date=2004-06-09 }}
* [http://research.webometrics.info/RAS.asp RAS Institutes in the Ranking Web of Research Centers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814223535/http://research.webometrics.info/RAS.asp |date=2009-08-14 }}
* [http://www.rssi.ru/ Russian Space Science Internet Network]
* [http://scepsis.ru/eng/articles/id_8.php Open letter to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir V. Putin from the Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=moscow&ll=55.710782,37.577308&spn=0.001160,0.003404&t=k&hl=en Satellite photo of the RAS Main Building]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=55.720512,37.593455&spn=0.001160,0.003404&t=k&hl=en Satellite photo of the RAS Old Building]

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