Central Siberian Botanical Garden of SB RAS

In 1964 in the vicinities of Academgorodok, an area of 1060 ha was given to CSBG in which, in accordance with the plan, different experimental plots - dendrarium, systematicum, those of useful, rare, and endangered plant species were arranged.

In 1971 the construction of the main laboratory block and technical facilities was finished, and all the staff of CSBG moved to Academgorodok.

In 1982 the formal opening of Central Siberian Botanical Graden took place. During the last decade the Botanical Garden has developed as a center of integration of botanical research in Siberia. Scientific Council of Botanical Gardens of Siberia, Dissertation Committee, Committee on botanical problems, Botanical Society, Council on protected plant subjects, rare and endangered species, nature reserves and refuges have been established and work successfully at the Institute. Its scientific potential increases steadily. At present 1 academician, 8 professors, doctors of sciences, 7 doctors of sciences, 60 candidates of sciences, and 59 research workers without degree work at the Institute.

Over the course of 50 years, more than 150 big monographs and books, including the monograph "Flora of Siberia" (9 volumes have already been published) have been written, over 4000 scientific articles have been published in different journals and collections, 46 author's certificates and patents for new plant varities and cultivars, drugs, and inventions have been obtained, and scores of practical proposals have been used in industry.

The Botanical Garden has close relations with all Botanical Gradens of Russia and CIS and with 250 foreign Botanical Gardens of all the continents. There are 450 thousand dried herbarium specimens.

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