Academic science - for the frontline. The work of scientists of the Urals during the Great Patriotic War

The paper analyses development of academic science in the Urals during the Great Patriotic war. The paper shows process of its transition from the stage of formation reached in the pre-war period to the stage of final formation, which made it possible to implement innovative discoveries and move forward scientific and technical progress. The paper pays special attention to the creative interaction of central management structures, institutes and laboratories of Academy of Sciences of the USSR, evacuated to the Urals, with local scientific organizations. The paper also analyses issues of solving everyday problems, training and placement of scientific personnel, and describes material and technical support of research works, scientific results and their practical use. The paper concludes that Ural scientists coped with the requirements of wartime, successfully solving many issues of defence, and finally ensured promotion of Ural academic science to a new qualitative level.