The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SBRAS) was established by the Decree of the Government of the USSR which was based on the proposal of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergei Sobolev and Sergey Khristianovich in 1957 as a regional division of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, replacing a previous small branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Novosibirsk State University was founded to serve as a staff base for the Siberian Branch.
Lavrentyev was also the founding chairman of the branch.
History During the war, hundreds of scientists were evacuated to Siberia, and in 1943 the West Siberian Branch (WSF) of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences was created. Initially, the WSF allowed scientists to work in various cities. But since 1948, most scientists have been working in Novosibirsk. Formed in May 1957 on the initiative of academicians Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergei Sobolev, and Sergey Khristianovich. When the department was organized, it included scientific institutions of the West Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union (formed in 1943),Организация Западно-Сибирского филиала АН СССР misd.ru East Siberian Branch of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences (formed in 1949),Иркутский научный центр: как все начиналось. N 8 (2444) 27 февраля 2004 г. Наука в СибириВосточно-Сибирский филиал Академии наук СССР irkipedia.ru Yakut Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (formed in 1949),Якутскому научному центру СО РАН — 70 лет sib-science.infoИстория создания и развития Якутского научного центра СО РАН prez.ysn.ru the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (formed in 1932), as well as the Sakhalin Complex Research Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Krasnoyarsk.Год 1957-й Официальный сайт СО РАН
In 1982, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 4, he was awarded the Order of Lenin.Поступь эпохи: Новосибирская область день за днём. N 38 (2873) 27 сентября 2012 г. Наука в СибириСибирское отделение РАН: прошлое и настоящее Официальный сайт РАН
In 1999 he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star.Кавалеры Ордена Республики Саха (Якутия) "Полярная звезда" - список награжденных Официальный портал Республики Саха (Якутия) на сервере органов государственной власти Российской Федерации
Official names:
1957 - Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (SBAS USSR) 1991 - Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SBRAS)
Chairmen of the Siberian branch:
1957 - Mikhail Lavrentyev 1975 - Gury Marchuk 1980 - Valentin Koptyug 1997 - Nikolay Leontievich Dobretsov 2008 - Alexander Leonidovich Aseev 2017 - Valentin Parmon
International collaboration The institution is a member of the University of the Arctic. UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region. The collaboration has been paused after the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2022.
Publications The Siberian branch publishes two journals — Archaeology, Ethnology & Anthropology of Eurasia and Geography and Natural Resource — in association with Elsevier.
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