Akademgorodok – a major scientific center of Siberia

Siberia

Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...

; located in the west of the city Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk

Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

 (Russia

Russia

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). Set up during the Soviet times, it was a healthier, privileged enclave for academics to live in, with plenty of trees and vegetation throughout, while the dirtier industrial areas were outside.

History

Forest Institute is the oldest, established in 1944 year. The Institute of Physics was established in the 1956 year by academician L. V. Kirensky. The Institute of Computational Modeling SB RAS was established in the 1975. The Institute of Biophysics was established in the 1981.

Main science centers of Academgorodok

In the Akademgorodok there are more than 20 research institutions and organizations. The main ones are:

• Institute of Forest of SB RAS
• Institute of Physics of SB RAS
• Institute of Computational Modeling of SB RAS
• Institute of Biophysics of SB RAS
• Institute of Chemistry of SB RAS

Also:

• Central science library – more than 500 000 books
• Home for scientists

External links

• Krasnoyarsk Science Center