M.M. Kovalevsky’s Sociological Society: Past and Present

Abstract

The article emphasizes the role of the M.M. Kovalevsky’s Russian Sociological Society in the process of institutionalizing sociology as a science in Russia. The authors focus particularly on scientific and organizational activities by Maxim Kovalevsky who contributed significantly to the development of the sociology in academic and educational spheres and to the propagation of the sociological achievements in the Russian society at large. M.M. Kovalevsky’s Russian Sociological Society in the present period of its activity is treated by the authors as an organization which can encourage the debates about how to consolidate the Russian sociological community with regard to the traditions and history of Russian sociology.