tutes are elected by the Assembly of the Academy. 



The institutes of the Academy tend to be centered 

 in Moscow and in the Leningrad and Novosibirsk Divi- 

 sions. However, the Academy has established a number 

 of affiliates and scientific centers to promote the 

 scientific and economic development of various re- 

 gions. Their expressed purpose is to advance sci- 

 entific progress on specific topics of more local im- 

 portance so that the area can develop economically. 

 The Soviet Academy has 8 affiliates and centers: 

 Bashkir, Dagestan, Karelian, Kazan, Kola, Komi, the 

 Far East, and the Urals. Each affiliate or center is 

 managed by a presidium, consisting of heads of insti- 

 tutes and affiliate subdivisions, plant managers, and 

 representatives from higher educational institutions 

 in the region. 



The Siberian Division of the Soviet Academy is 

 unique in the Academy system. Unlike the discipline- 

 oriented departments, it is governed by its own gen- 

 eral assembly and presidium. It is administratively 

 subordinate to both the USSR Academy and the Council 

 of Ministers of the Russian Republic (RSFSR) . Funding 

 is provided by the RSFSR, which has no republic acad- 

 emy of its own. Thus, the Siberian Division has a 

 certain measure of independence vis-a-vis the Soviet 

 Academy. The principal facilities of the Siberian 

 Division are located in Novosibirsk in what is known 

 as Akademgorodok, or the Academy City. 



The republic academies are dually subordinate to 

 the USSR Academy and to their respective republic 

 councils of ministers. Funding and administrative 

 supervision are the responsibility of the councils 

 of ministers; technical and functional supervision 

 is provided by the USSR Academy. 



The republic academies are more oriented toward 

 solving industrial problems of their respective re- 

 public than is the Soviet Academy. To avoid dupli- 

 cation of effort, republic academies tend to be some- 

 what specialized and limited in scope. In a number 

 of cases, however, the institutes of republic acad- 



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