Akademgorodok

Akademgorodok (Krasnoyarsk ) – a major scientific center of Siberia; located in the west of the city Krasnoyarsk (Russia). 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

Autumn gold in the Upper Academgorodok

Academgorodok. The Birch Wood.

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

See also

• Krasnoyarsk

External links

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