N 47 (2383) December 2002

	In the issue:
	NEWS
	DELEGATION OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES VISITING KPDR
	IN HONOUR OF THE FIRST CHEMICAL DIRECTOR Celebrations on the occasion of the centenary of the first "Chemical Director" of the Siberian Branch of the RAS, Academician A.Nikolaev have begun at the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry in the morning December 2.
	THE ISTC IS TEN YEARS OLD The International Scientific and Technical Center celebrates the tenth anniversary of signing the Agreement that has paved the way for the ISTC foundation.
	ON THE PROBLEMS OF THE PROPERTY COMPLEX AND LAND MANAGEMENT IN THE NSC OF THE SB RAS Speech of the Director of the Siberian Branch of the Property Management Agency of the RAS V.Yurchenko at the General Meeting of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS of November 21, 2002.
	ON THE WAYS OF CREATION OF THE TERRITORY OF INNOVATION SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOVIET DISTRICT OF NOVOSIBIRSK Speech of the Vice-Chairman of the SB RAS, Corresponding Member of the RAS G.Kulipanov at the General Meeting of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center of the SB RAS of November 21, 2002.
	METHODS OF RADIATION PHYSICS An exit session of the scientific Council of the RAS on the problem "Radiation physics of solids" has been held in Novosibirsk.
	STARTING POSITION OF "STRATEGY" At the last meeting of the Presidium of the Irkutsk Scientific Center the strategy of its development for the period up to 2010 has been adopted.
	MOTHER-AND-CHILD HEALTH PROBLEMS Session of the General Meeting of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences "Problems of mother-and-child health in Siberia and Far East" has been held at the Large Hall of the Presidium of the Siberian Branch of the RAMS.
	PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF SIBERIAN SCIENCE ON THE YUGOR LAND From November 11 to November 13 the first exhibition "Developments of the SB RAS for oil-and-gas complex" has been held in Khanty-Mansyisk.
	ALL-RUSSIAN SEMINAR ON CULTURAL AND LEISURE ACTIVITIES From December 19 to December 20, 2002 the 5th All-Russian scientific and practical seminar "Leisure. Creativity. Culture" is to be held in Omsk.
	ALL-RUSSIAN COMPETITION OF YOUNG HUMANITARIANS An unusual collection "Culturology of traditional communities: competitive works of young scientists" has been issued in Omsk. It has become a closing stage of All-Russian competition of scientific works of young scientists.
	ELECTRONIC IMAGE OF THE REGION ON THE MAP The Irkutsk geographers have devoted the conference on cartography, where the scientists from different cities of our country have gathered at, to the 45th anniversary of their Institute.
	"EUROPEAN SCIENCE 2002" The Sixth Frame program of scientific and technical development of the European Union (2002-2006) has started.
	SCIENCE AND AUTHORITY. CHRONICLE OF NOVEMBER Press review.
	WORLD-WIDE LESSON OF ENGLISH
	THE "ACADEMIA" HOUSE OF CULTURE IS 40 November 7 Academgorodok celebrated the birthday of the "Academia" House of Culture. Just 40 years ago the first concert was held within its precincts.
	CHARITY Last week two events devoted to the development socio-medical and social charity activities in Novosibirsk have been held at the conference hall of Administration of the Soviet District of Novosibirsk.
	IN MEMORY OF WELL-KNOWN ASTROPHYSICIST November 6 the solemn opening of a bas-relief in memory of well-known scientist - astrophysicist, expert in the field of solar physics, Corresponding Member of the RAS Vladimir Evgenievich Stepanov was held at the Institute of Solar and Terrestrial Physics of the SB RAS.
	SCIENTIST WHO SURPASSED THE TIME This year one of the founders of modern Russian regionalistics, Doctor Sc. (Economics), Professor Robert Isakovich Shniper would be 80 years old.
	In memoriam

Photos in the issue by V.Novikov