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IT is announced in the Soviet War News that a new branch of the Soviet Academy of Sciences has been opened in western Siberia to direct scientific activities in the territory stretching from the Ural Mountains to the banks of the Yenisei, and from the Arctic coast to China and Central Asia. It is believed that a promising future exists there for agriculture, forestry, fishing and coal mining; and there are large deposits of metals and raw materials for the chemical industry. Long before the outbreak of war, the Soviet Government had made detailed plans for the development of Western Siberia; the War has given a great impetus to the process of industrialization. Many of the factories, colleges and scientific research institutions evacuated to the territory from the danger zones have already returned to their homes, but not without leaving behind important traces of their activities, as well as a proportion of their staffs to continue the work begun in Siberia.
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Soviet Academy of Sciences in Western Siberia. Nature 154, 298–299 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154298d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154298d0