Tomsk Akademgorodok is an estate in the Soviet area of Tomsk, Siberian Federal District, in which are research institutes, and have employees of the Tomsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). Tomsk Akademgorodok is located in the eastern part of the Tomsk and on all sides surrounded by forests. Tomsk Akademgorodok is located on the high right bank of the river Ushaika. Its total area is 200 hectares. Construction of Tomsk Akademgorodok began in 1972. The Grand opening of the first scientific institute in Tomsk, Akademgorodok-the Institute of Atmospheric Optics, was held on January 25, 1975 . Organizations Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Siberian Division of the RAS Institute of Petroleum Chemistry, Siberian Division of the RAS Institute for Monitoring Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Division of the RAS Republican Scientific-Technical Center at the ISPMS SD RAS Institute of Atmospheric Optics, Siberian Division of the RAS High Current Electronics Institute, Siberian Division of the RAS Institute of Strength Physics and Materials Science SD RAS Streets Academic Pr Vavilov Street Korolev Street 30 years of Victory Street Transportation You can get to the Academic by bus # 5, 13/14, 16, 25, 33/34, 35/53, 131. See also Education in Russia Akademgorodok Russian Academy of Sciences Education in Siberia Tomsk Naukograd External links Institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences Tomsk Scientific Center, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences Science and technology in Russia Science and technology in Siberia Science and technology in the Soviet Union Tomsk Naukograds Buildings and structures in Tomsk Oblast