Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
The Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (UB RAS) is one of the (four, as of 2024) territorial branches of the Academy. It is headquartered in Ekaterinburg. The Ural filiale of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, a predecessor of the UB RAS, was established in 1932, with Alexander Fersman as founding chairman.
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Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences

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- Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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- 1932
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- Yekaterinburg
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- Russian Academy of Sciences
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The Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (UB RAS) is one of the (four, as of 2024) territorial branches of the Academy. It is headquartered in Ekaterinburg. The Ural filiale of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, a predecessor of the UB RAS, was established in 1932, with Alexander Fersman as founding chairman.
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In 1971 this filiale was converted into the scientific center and in 1987 into the branch of the USSR Academy; finally in 1991 at collapse of the USSR the branch received its present name. The research units of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences operate over a vast territory from Arkhangelsk to Orenburg from north to south and from Tobolsk to Izhevsk from east to west. Under the aegis of the UB RAS, there are 32 scientific organizations (among which six federal-level research centers) and 18 universities.
It is associated with Russia. The record gives 1932 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It forms part of Russian Academy of Sciences. Its recorded seat is Yekaterinburg. It is recorded in the collection of Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast.

The leading researcher of the Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of RAS Olga Aksenova was awarded by a grant of the President of Russia in 2019. On this photo, you can see the certificate awarding ceremony by the authorized representative of the President in the Northwestern Federal District Alexander Gutzan.
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Laboratory processing is a crucial stage of any scientific research. On this photo, you can see how scientific employers of the Russian Museum of Biodiversity Hotspots of the Institute of Biogeography and Genetic Resources of the Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of RAS are identifying samples of small freshwater clams.
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• Name — Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences • President — Victor N. Rudenko • City — Ekaterinburg • Country — Russia
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1932
Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences established.
1932
Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences is recorded from 1932.
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