ively ▁participated ▁in ▁the ▁practical ▁ful fill ment ▁of ▁this ▁idea . ▁They ▁all ▁shared ▁a ▁desire ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁flexible , ▁dem ocr atic ▁research ▁structure ▁that ▁would ▁be ▁capable ▁of ▁respond ing ▁to ▁the ▁dem ands ▁of ▁a ▁quickly ▁changing ▁Russian ▁society ▁and ▁of ▁prom oting ▁the ▁integration ▁of ▁Russian ▁soci olog ists ▁into ▁the ▁international ▁soci ological ▁community . ▁The ▁Center ▁actually ▁began ▁working ▁a ▁few ▁years ▁before ▁it ▁was ▁leg ally ▁registered ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁the ▁Center ▁acquired ▁a ▁converted ▁a partment ▁office ▁on ▁Vas ile ost rov sky ▁Island . ▁Thanks ▁to ▁the ▁active ▁participation ▁of ▁In grid ▁O sw ald ▁and ▁the ▁support ▁of ▁Peter ▁Lock ▁and ▁other ▁colle agues ▁and ▁friends ▁of ▁the ▁Center , ▁C IS R ▁quickly ▁developed , ▁received ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁gr ants ▁from ▁international ▁found ations , ▁conducted ▁various ▁research ▁projects , ▁and ▁became ▁a ▁visible ▁actor ▁in ▁the ▁Russian ▁and ▁international ▁soci ological ▁communities . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁C IS R ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁ac quire ▁new ▁office ▁space ▁on ▁Lig ov sky ▁Pro spect ▁thanks ▁to ▁a ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁Ford ▁Foundation . ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁( 2 0 0 1 ), ▁C IS R ▁received ▁its ▁first ▁institution al ▁grant ▁from ▁the ▁John ▁D . ▁and ▁Catherine ▁T . ▁Mac Ar thur ▁Foundation . ▁ ▁Cont ribution ▁to ▁the ▁Scient ific ▁Disc uss ion ▁Emp loy ees ▁of ▁the ▁Center ▁worked ▁hard