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staff of the institute of whom 122 were scientific researchers and of whom ten held
the doctorate and 54 the candidate degree. One academician was on the institute
staff. Director: Petrenko, Evgenii S., since 1989; Deputy Director: Futoimas, Ivan
I., since 1975. The institute is the base for the founding of a new Siberian
International Center for Ecological Research of Boreal Forests that is in the process
of being established to provide collaborative land joint research in projects such as
the “Effect of Pollution on Vegetation, including Forest Ecosystems” and the
“Development of Methods and Programs on Statistical and Imitational Modeling of
Wood Ring Formation”, the “Dendroclimatologic Monitoring of the Northern
Borderline of the Forest along the Circumpolar Region of Russian Territory, ” and
with other projects of the International Union of Forest Research Organizations.
The Scientific Secretary was Petr A. Tsvetkov, .
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History of the Institute
The Institute of Forest of the USSR Academy of Sciences was founded in 1944. It was
intended to head and coordinate the theoretical studies which reveal forest nature
and are directed to establish the scientific base of forest management. The
Academician Sukachev was organizer and the first director of the Institute (1944 -
1958)
In 1958 the Institute was moved from Moscow to Krasnoyarsk and was included to the
system of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Being faced
with new tasks the Institute was named The Institute of Forest and Wood of the
Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.
The Institute of Forest and Wood SB USSR Academy of Sciences was supervised by the
Academician A. B.Z hukov (1958-1977), the Academician A. S. Isaev (1977-
1988), E. S. Petrenko (1988-1994).
In 1967 was named after its organizer Sukachev.
In connection with the reorganization of the USSR Academy of Sciences the Institute
entered the Siberian Branch of the of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1992 it
was named The V. N. Sukachev Institute of Forest of SB of RAS. Since 1994, the
Director of the Institute has been the corresponding member of RAS Evgenii
Alexandrovich Vaganov.
The Siberian International Centre for Ecological Research of Boreal Forests was
established at the Institute in 1991.
The Institute has 4 sectors which contain 17 laboratories.
The Institute manages a network of field expedition stations in the Siberian area.
There are two specialized scientific-academic councils in the Institute: for the defense of
candidate and doctor theses.
The Institute is the leading academic scientific institution of the country in the forest
science.
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Main tendencies in scientific work:
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