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WEEKLY OF THE SIBERIAN BRANCH OF THE RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (SB RAS)

N 13 (2748) April 2010

	NEWS
	AT THE GENERAL MEETING OF THE IRKUTSK SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF THE SB RAS
	THE CENTER OF GENETIC COLLECTIONS March, 30 a principal scientific infrastructural object, the of the Siberian Branch SPF vivarium of the Institute of Cytology and Genetics, the specific multiaccess center the first in Russia specific multiaccess center has been opened.
	ABOUT ONESELF AND THE LIFE WITH ACRIMONY 70 years ago, February, 29, Gennady Feodosievich Ufimtsev was born, the head of the Laboratory of neotectonics and Geomorphology of the Institute of Earth's Crust of the SB RAS, the Doctor Sc. (Geology and Mineralogy).
	APRIL, 4 IS THE DAY OF GEOLOGIST Valiant 1990ths have put a huge loss to geological service our country, which consequence the economy of Russia to feel in full measure later when the stocks of minerals will run low put by the Soviet geologists to the state balance will run low. At the same time merciless and eating off these stocks for the last 20 years really provide more or less stable condition of the national economy.
	GEOLOGIST: IT SOUNDS PROUDLY! For the 45th time geologists celebrate their professional holiday. What the circumstances promoted its occurrence, how did its statement take place?
	GEOLOGY: IS IT A MAN'S TRADE? Why does our professional holiday use to be presented speaking about geologists only as men7 How many brilliant discoveries are made by women geologists, how many outstanding experts, managers, scientistsc in the field of geology are women.
	GEOLOGISTS SUMMING UP Last year was a special one in the life of Geological Institute of the SB RAS. New director was elected, serious changes in the structure of the Institute have begun.
	LIFE IS A SPIRITUALIZED WATER There is a new scientific secretary at the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics of the SB RAS - Dmitri Novikov, the representative of a scientific field novel for the Novosibirsk, oil-and-gas hydrogeology.
	THERE IS NO ENRICHMENT WITHOUT INNOVATIONS At once we are warning the reader, that the word "enrichment" is used here in scientific sense, instead of the everyday one. Oligarchs, bank notes are the topics of future theses of historians. We shall tell to you about the achievements and problems of Russian ore-dressers presented at the Plaksin Readings-2009.
	EXTENDED SESSION OF THE BURYAT BRANCH OF RGS March, 26, 2010 an extended session of the Buryat Branch of Russian Geographical Society has taken place.
	SLATE GAS: ISN’T IT A TIME TO CLOSE "GAZPROM" DOWN? In 2009 the USA for the first time from the moment of the formation of the West Siberian gas complex has exceeded the gas production in Russia. It is caused by the development of technologies for slate gas production that rapidly grows in the USA. As many experts are considering, its development could result in giving up as a bad job the largest Siberian projects such as the development of Yamal and Eastern Siberia.
	OBSCURANTISM AND INNOVATIONS: OTHER FORESHORTENING Among the events of the last 2009 and first months of 2010, especially much attention of mass-media was paid to a scandal roundabout the program " Clear water ", connected with the participant of the program Mr. V.I.Petrik whose nanofilters, as it became known, with no tests were installed for use at preschool institutions and hospitals of the Great Novgorod, which has resulted in the fact that the ininhabitants of the Novgorod including children became guinea pigs in the politics tricks dated for past elections to the State Duma.
	HISTORIANS SEARCHING FOR INNOVATIONS The first open theoretical and methodological seminar on new directions in historical studies has taken place at the Institute of History of the SB RAS.
	THE WRITER OF OUR TIME To the 150-anniversary from A.P.Chehov's birthday.
	A GRAIN IN THE SEA OF THE VICTORY Being eighteen Vasili Smirnov has gone to army, participated in two wars, was at war at the Stalingrad, has been wounded, was saved by a miracle. In 1951 he has graduated with honor the Financial Institute in Moscow and has been then accepted for postgraduate study, after the graduation he has defended a candidate’s thesis.
	VACANCIES
	INOCULATION OF ENTHUSIASM The representatives of the "Academgorodok" Public Foundation, the organizers of the Open forum "The Future of the Academgorodok", - have held last week a press conference.
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