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Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education was established in May 2018. It was created when the Ministry of Education and Science, which had existed since March 2004, was divided into two separate agencies.
The Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia oversees scientific institutions and university-level education in the Russian Federation. All institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences fall under its jurisdiction. The ministry is headquartered in Moscow.
Mikhail Kotyukov was the first minister of Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education. He had previously served as the head of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FANO), whose tasks were transferred to the new ministry when it was created.
All institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences are under the jurisdiction of Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education. This places one of the country's most significant research networks under a single ministry's authority.
Valery Falkov has headed Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education since the 21st of January, 2020. He is the ministry's second minister, succeeding Mikhail Kotyukov.
Russia's Ministry of Science and Higher Education split from the Ministry of Education and Science, which had existed since March 2004. The same reorganization also created the Ministry of Education, sometimes called the Ministry of General Education or the Ministry of Enlightenment.