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

N 6 (2941) February 2014

	ACADEMICIAN L.N. IVANOVA IS 85 Congratulations from the SB RAS Presidium.
	ACADEMICIAN YU.N. MOLIN IS 80 Congratulations from the SB RAS Presidium.
	ACADEMICIAN V.K. SHUMNY IS 80 Congratulations from the SB RAS Presidium.
	GEOENGINEER’S ANNIVERSARY February 13, 2014 marks 60 years since the birth of N.V. Cherdantsev, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Geomechanics of Coal Deposits of the SB RAS Institute of Coal.
	EVERYTHING REMAINS FOR THE PEOPLE Our newspaper has already reported that in November 2013 one of the regular Demidov Prize laureate was our great countryman and mathematician Academician Yu.L. Ershov. A solemn award ceremony for this highly respected in the scientific community Prize has taken place in Yekaterinburg on the eve of Russian Science Day.
	THE RAS REFORM: NEGOTIATIONS ARE UNDERWAY, ALL OPTIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED, NEW DOCUMENTS ARE BEING PREPARED Press review.
	EXPERT ASSOCIATIONS AND MANAGEMENT DECISIONS A meeting of Plenipotentiary Representative of the RF President in the Siberian Federal District V.A.Tolokonsky with the expert association of Novosibirsk, dedicated to the Days of Russian science, has been held at the SPSTL of SB RAS on February 6.
	DEVELOPMENTS OF SB RAS – TO NOVOSIBIRSK CITY A Round Table “Science - to the city of Novosibirsk”, devoted to the Russian Science Day has been held at the Exhibition Center of SB RAS on February 7.
	DAYS OF SCIENCE IN IRKUTSK
	DAY OF SCIENCE IN TOMSK
	LESSONS OF CHEMISTRY AT THE INSTITUTE The Institute of Inorganic Chemistry OF SB RAS opens its doors to guests every year during the Days of Science.
	ELECTROCHEMISTRY AND SAFETY On February 3, as part of the Week of Russian Science, a report has been made by Head of the Laboratory of Electrochemistry of Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry of SB RAS before the army officers at the headquarters of the Siberian regional command of internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.
	ON LANGUAGES AND TRADITIONS OF THE PEOPLES OF SIBERIA On the week of February 3rd through 7th, as part of Days of Russian Science, the linguists, folklorists and literary critics of the Institute of Philology of SB RAS have told the guests - pupils and students - about the special aspects in the study of languages and cultures of Siberian peoples.
	SUMMER ISLAND IN THE MIDST OF WINTER FROST The Doors Open Day has been held at the Central Siberian Botanical Garden of SB RAS on February 4. The thirty-degree frost and remoteness of the Institute did not scare residents and visitors of Academgorodok.
	TOWARDS THE MYSTERIES OF SOLAR DYNAMO The term “dynamo” once was born in electrical engineering, and after several decades has gained a new understanding in astrophysics.
	SUCCESSFUL START OF YOUNG YAKUT SCIENTISTS On the eve of 2014, young applicants have successfully passed Ph.D. defense in Technical Sciences.
	FOR THE ATTENTION OF DEVELOPERS OF RANKINGS Modern ranking developers of all sorts always find themselves in awkward position like when they are developing the so-called “weighted” coefficients required to obtain a generalized ranking index of objects.
	ON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IN ACADEMGORODOK After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there in the SB RAS has been established an unsound practice for conducting the International Scientific Conferences in English only.
	MEMORIES OF HIM REMAIN ALIVE FOR US Though this sorrowful event seemed to be a natural occurrence, the unbearable pain of losing someone with whom we collaborated and walked together through life for many years, does not go away for those of us who are still alive. F.A. Kuznetsov has passed away suddenly and unexpectedly. For many years he has determined the development of science, and sayings of his colleagues demonstrate the uniqueness of his personality.
	IN MEMORIAM Academician M.G. Voronkov.
	IN MEMORIAM Doctor of Sciences (Geography) A.Sh. Khabidov.
	VACANCIES
	BOTH MEMORY AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD - IN POEMS AND PHOTOS The exhibition of creative amateur photographer and poet, Doctor of Chemical Sciences Gregory Baram has taken place at the House of Scientists of the Novosibirsk Academgorodok within a framework of the Days of Science. The 60 author’s small strict framed photo miniatures, followed by the author’s verses, have been exhibited in the picture gallery.
	FAIRY SHOW OF WAXWINGS Naturalist’s notes
	“THE ANIMAL WORLD OF NOVOSIBIRK REGION-2013” The exhibition, which has been opened on January 24 at the Novosibirsk State Museum of Local Lore, presented the works of photo contest organized by the Museum of Local Lore in cooperation with the Institute of Systematics and Ecology of Animals of SB RAS.
	TOURNAMENT IN MEMORY OF PETER KALANTAEV On Sunday, February 9, the Universal Sports Complex of SB RAS has hosted the 5th Open Championship of the Novosibirsk Scientific Center on Weightlifting among veterans of the Novosibirsk region.