Akademgorodok (Krasnoyarsk)

Akademgorodok (Krasnoyarsk) is a major scientific center of Siberia; located in the west of the city Krasnoyarsk (Russia). Built during the Soviet times, it was conceived as a healthier, privileged enclave for academics to live in, among trees and vegetation and outside of the dirtier industrial areas.

History[]

Autumn gold in the Upper Akademgorodok

Akademgorodok. The Birch Wood.

The oldest institute, Forest Institute was established in 1944. The Institute of Physics was established in 1956 by academician . The Institute of Computational Modeling SB RAS was established in 1975. The Institute of Biophysics was established in 1981.

Main science centers of Academgorodok[]

Krasnoyarsk Akademgorodok is home to more than 20 research institutions and organizations. The most prominent 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 – contains more than 500 000 books
• House of Scientists

See also[]

• Krasnoyarsk

External links[]

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• Krasnoyarsk Science Center

Coordinates: 55°59′25″N 92°45′40″E / 55.99028°N 92.76111°E / 55.99028; 92.76111