Owing to the systematic sampling and collecting work, highly valuable field materials were detected and preserved, and the baseline for scientific research was enriched.

[8] On the 11th of January 1937, the resolution was adopted transforming KRI into the Karelian Research Institute of Culture (KRIC),[9] where only the humanities were retained.

Units of the natural sciences, technical and economic profiles were transferred to corresponding governmental authorities, and the rest were either partially or totally disposed of.

In this period the institute studied the history of Karelia, its culture, languages and folk poetry (Russian and Karelian folklore).

When the Karelian-Finnish Republic was founded in 1940 it was announced that KRIC needs to be transformed into the regional branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (AS), but World War II[11] impeded the realization of this intention.

[16] The organization carried out research on useful minerals, water and energy resources, economic issues, forestry and forest industry; developed methods for wise use of logging wastes, fish resources of inland waters and the White Sea; continued studies of the history, literature and folk art of Karelia.

In 1949—1951 most of the activities within the Integrated Expedition for the Study of the Productive Forces and Development Potential of Western Karelian Districts were implemented.

The only unit retained with the Academy of Sciences was the HLL Institute with the scientific library, archives and cartography office now subordinated to it.

The Karelian Branch of the USSR AS was reassembled to comprise the Institutes of Geology, Forest Research, Biology, HLL, Departments of Hydrology and Water Economy, Economics.

[21] New departments were established: Editing and Publishing, Financial and Economic, Maintenance and Procurements, Repair and Construction, Programming Group.

[23] Staff reduction and aging, social insecurity of scientists were progressing, the prestige of science in Russia was declining.

[24] KarRC RAS enlarged the number of its interdisciplinary programmes and projects, widened partnerships with various organizations and institutions in Karelia, Russia and other countries.

[25] The main outcome of the last decade of the 20th century is probably the fact that despite all the hardships academic science had gone through KarRC RAS has managed to preserve the bulk of its human and scientific resources, gradually adapted to the new circumstances without compromising much of the amount and quality of its scientific products, and generated a solid background for future development.

Funding still remained the main challenge, being mostly received from the federal budget but in amounts clearly insufficient for normal operation.

[30] KarRC RAS Board of Directors is the advisory body with the task to consider and work out recommendations on current issues of research organization, administration and maintenance.

The Board of Directors offers the leaders of KarRC RAS institutes the possibility to directly participate in discussions of important corporate matters and deal with them concertedly.

[30] In addition to research institutes, KarRC RAS comprises supporting units meant to capacitate normal operation of the former.

[32] The main priority for the library was to supply KarRC RAS scientists with as much as possible relevant information from abroad.

The electronic catalogue includes information on books and other types of documents in Russian and other languages in stock at KarRC RAS Scientific Library.

Scientific materials generated by expeditions carried out in Karelia since 1927 by Moscow and Leningrad universities were also submitted to the archives.

[38] In one of its resolutions, USSR AS Presidium suggested drawing up the scientific archives as a support unit with permanent staff starting 1952.

hand-written documents portraying the socio-economic relations and daily life of peasants and Pomors, the history of monasteries.

The Scientific Archives now continue building up and systematizing their storage, and capacitate utilization of the documents in the activities of KarRC RAS institutes and units.

[39] In 2013 a project for the preservation and study of the historical and cultural heritage of the peoples inhabiting the Russian North was launched at the KarRC RAS Scientific Archives.

The number of limited circulation editions (express publication of research results, pre-prints of conference papers and abstracts, etc.)

The time period from manuscript submission to final product became much shorter, the entire publishing process was optimized.

The Patent Department works together with scientific units to promote and market the inventions, for instance by preparing them for display at exhibitions and fairs.