p The collection of articles under the general title of Psychological Research in the U.S.S.R. is aimed at aquainting foreign readers with Soviet research in psychology and certain related disciplines. The articles were written at different times, deal with various problems and express different trends of psychological thought in the U.S.S.R.

p To present an actual picture of Soviet psychological research, the authors preferred to compile this collection not from review articles, hut from original works some of which were written more than ten and even twenty years ago. Most of them have been published and only a few articles which constitute the authors’ summaries of their investigations were written especially for this publication. The articles are arranged according to a thematic rather than a chronological principle.

p Of course, the content of this collection cannot pretend to give a complete picture of the psychological research conducted in the U.S.S.R. Many branches of psychology deserving of consideration are not represented in it at all. Others are represented but by few articles. However, the editors hope that the present publication will help the readers to get a sufficiently clear and, what is most important, an objective idea of Soviet psychology. Simultaneously with publishing this collection in English the Publishers have released a collection in French dealing with the following subjects:

p 1. Memory, thinking and speech.

p 2. Personality. Development and learning.

Professor A. Leontyev
Professor A. Luriya
Professor A. Smirnov