History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back «Hard» Administration by Princess Е.R. Dashkova – the Director of the S-Petersburg Academy of Sciences. V.N. Alekseev Facts of «hard» administration of Petersburg’s Academy by its director princess Catherine Dashkov in 1783–1784 are discussed. The director’s conflicts with adjunct V.F. Zuev, academician А.I. Lexell and technician I.P. Kulibin are touched. On the whole all these accidents may be explained by the inevitable consequences of Dashkova’s entering into her new director post. There are по reasons to speak about the deliberate persecution of scientists. Key words: Academy of Sciences, director E.R. Dashkova, academicians. E-mail: inostemma@mail.ru