Personality, scientist, organizer (round table on the scholary heritage of S. A. Kugel)

The materials of the round table dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the famous Russian sociologist Samuel Aronovich Kugel are presented. S. A. Kugel (1924, Minsk – 2015, St. Petersburg) – Doctor of Philosophy, Professor, Honored Scientist, one of the first organizers of the sociology of science and science studies in Soviet and Russian sociology. The round table was held on October 30–31, 2024 at the St. Petersburg branch of the S. I. Vavilov Institute of the History of Natural Sciences and Technology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, it was attended by colleagues, friends, and students of S. A. Kugel. The key aspects of the scientist’s scholary heritage were discussed, including his contribution to the sociology of science and technology, the study of the professional structure of scientific personnel, as well as his organizational activities, in particular the creation of a sociological and scientific center in Leningrad. Attention was paid to S. A. Kugel’s international academic relations and his role in the development of the sociological community in the USSR and Russia. The memoirs are presented, the characteristics of his personality are given, including his attention to perpetuating the memory of the Great Patriotic War.