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Our Institute is a leading scientific institution in the east of Russia, with its scientific scope focusing on geographical studies.

Major research areas: the state and development of natural geosystems and their components; the geographical framework for sustainable development of Siberia's regions.

Geographical research relies on the theory of geosystems that was created by the Institute and is recognized in this country and abroad.

Major research areas: the state and development of natural geosystems and their components; the geographical framework for sustainable development of Siberia's regions.
The prime mission of the Institute is to pursue basic research in such fields as:

  • landscape science,
  • development of the geographical framework for territorial organization of production, and population formation on the territory,
  • systemic mapping,
  • creation of the theoretical foundations for forecasting, monitoring andš controlling the geosystem dynamics.

Second in importance to the research areas is integral mapping of nature, the economy and population of various regions.

The Institute is a universally recognized mapping center. It produced the atlases of Mongolia, Lake Hovsgol, Transbaikalia, KATEK, the Ecological Atlas of the Irkutsk Region, and a variety of regional and special purpose maps.

Cartographic support is provided to a variety of scientific programs and projects with an emphasis on the Baikal region.

A substantial body ofš research developments pertain to problems in economic geography and nature management geography in the country's eastern regions. They include general issues relating to nature-society interactions, distribution of productive forces, pioneer development of new areas, agrogeography, georesource science, economic regionalization and the study of basic administrative districts, and to political geography.

The Institute is engaged in the ecological accompaniment of large-scale projects including development of oil and gas fields, and the creation of transport arteries.

Within the scope of Russian-German cooperation, Russia's unique methodology of landscape planning as a basis for sustainable developmentš of the territory was developed.

Notable results were also achieved in the other branches of geographical science: landscape geochemistry, soil geography, biogeography, geomorphology, hydrology, glaciology, and climatology.

The Institute hosts the editorial office of the scientific journal "Geography and Natural Resources", the Cartographic Geoinformation Center, and the scientific library.

The Institute's staff (as of December 2006) consists of 195 persons, including 94 research officers; among them are 26 Doctors of Science, and 65 Candidates of Science.

The Institute is headed by the Director Corresponding member of RAS Alexander Nikolayevich Antipov

History of the Institute

Major milestones:

  • 2006 - Dr.Sc.(Geogr.) Alexander Nikolayevich Antipov becomes Director of the Institute
  • 2005 - by RAS Presidium's decision No. 173 of 21 June 2005 the Institute of Geography SB RAS is named after Viktor Borisovich Sochava
  • 2000 - Corr Mem Valerian Afanasievich Snytko becomes Director of the Institute
  • 1983 - the Institute receives its former name: Institute of Geography SD USSR AS
  • 1976 - Dr.Sc.(Geogr.) Vladimir Vasilievich Vrovyev becomes Director. The Institute moves to a new (current) building.
  • 1960 - the Institute is named the Institute of Geography of Siberia and the Far East SD USSR AS
  • 1959 - Corr Mem Viktor Borisovich Sochava becomes Director of the Institute of Geography SD USSR AS
  • 29 November 1957 - date of the Institute's founding under the leadership of its Director&Organizer Academician Innokenty Petrovich Gerasimov
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