Федорович И. Б.

Островский Михаил Аркадьевич

Сакина Наталья Леонидовна

Чеснов Василий Михайлович

This article analyzes the progress of sensory physiology in Russia from the establishment of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1724 up to the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution. In the authors ’ view, this period can be divided into three stages, each reflecting a certain phase in the general progress of physiological science and a specific interplay of various economic, social, and political factors.