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Yaroslavl

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 — 10 September 1985, Moscow) was a notable Soviet

Soviet Union

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 researcher, philosopher, logician, chemist

Chemist

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 and psychologist

Psychologist

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. He joined the Bolsheviks in 1918.

Kedrov had a Doctor

Doktor nauk

Doktor nauk is a higher doctoral degree, the second and the highest post-graduate academic degree in the Soviet Union, Russia and in many post-Soviet states. Sometimes referred to as Dr. Hab. The prerequisite is the first degree, Kandidat nauk which is informally regarded equivalent to Ph.D....

 of Philosophy degree and specialized in philosophical questions of the natural sciences. He was a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences since 1966, author of over one thousand publications.

Kedrov was (since 1963) member of the International Academy of the History of Science

International Academy of the History of Science

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 and a number of other institutions. Kedrov was one of the initiators and the first editor-in-chief of Voprosy filosofii ('Philosophical Questions', leading Soviet journal of philosophy) from 1947 to 1949.