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scientific research centers, <strong>the</strong> geographic Departments, and <strong>the</strong> scientific affiliates<br />

located outside Moscow.<br />

Geographic Expansion: These scientific affiliates, centers, and Departments are<br />

independent with <strong>the</strong>ir own management, budgets, and research personnel. This<br />

process <strong>of</strong> scientific expansion began in 1957 with <strong>the</strong> creation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Siberian<br />

Department from a branch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Moscow academy located in Novosibirsk. The<br />

Urals and Far Eastern Departments gained independence, <strong>to</strong>o, with <strong>the</strong>ir elevation <strong>to</strong><br />

full Department status in <strong>the</strong> mid-1980s. In <strong>the</strong> future, o<strong>the</strong>r centers will become<br />

Departments. The <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> system is flexible providing a<br />

means for promoting scientists <strong>to</strong> larger administrative and research responsibilities<br />

as well as for developing regional scientific potential.<br />

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