Abstract
<jats:p>The article is devoted to the formation and development of international relations of the institutes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the early 1990s. It characterizes the reasons for the interest of foreign scientific foundations and organizations in this period in scientific areas and significant achievements of scientists of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences; characterizes the main directions of international activity institutes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences in the early 1990s. The main sources for writing this article were the materials of the Scientific Archive of the Presidium of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (at the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), primarily scientific reports, which, along with other achievements, characterize the processes of formation and development of international scientific relations of the institutes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences during the period under study. The methodology chosen by the author for this study includes a corporate analysis of the state of international contacts of Far Eastern scientists, the participation of various foundations in conducting fundamental research of the institutes of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the areas of assistance provided to Far Eastern scientists by international scientific foundations and organizations in the early 1990s. The work is based on a complex, system-historical approach to the study of the past and present. In conclusion, it is concluded that international scientific foundations and organizations that financially supported the promising scientific research of Far Eastern scientists in the early 1990s played a certain role in the preservation of Far Eastern academic science.</jats:p>