RAS Scientific Center in Chernogolovka

Welcome to Chernogolovka! Chernogolovka, a small, cozy, picturesque town located 50 kilometers (30 miles) northwest of Moscow, is the site of one of the most well-known centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences. At the initiative of the Nobel laureate N.N. Semenov, a branch of the Institute of Chemical Physics was founded in 1956 near the village of Chernogolovka. This served as the embryo for a new scientific center of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Thanks to the outstanding achievements of the scientists working here, over the past 40 years the Scientific Center in Chernogolovka has become an internationally recognized center for the fundamental sciences. Enormous contributions to the formation of the scientific center were made by remarkable scientific scholars, organizers, and members of the Russian Academy of Sciences: N.N. Semenov, F.I. Dubovitsky, G.V. Kurdjumov, Yu.A. Ossipyan, D.S. Korzhinsky, I.M. Khalatnikov, and others. They also organized scientific groups and educational departments around the institutes they headed in Chernogolovka. They trained many who now figure among the most prominent researchers in areas of physics, chemistry, and mathematics, performing work that is widely recognized internationally. Now Chernogolovka is a well-designed town with a population of over 22 thousand. The town and scientific center grew especially rapidly during the 1970s and 1980s. Chernogolovka is a young town. This is reflected in the average age of its population - about 30. The academic institutions of the scientific center employ most of Chernogolovka's working population, including more than 1000 Candidates of Science (a degree equivalent to a Ph.D.), 250 Doctors of Science, and more than 20 Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the scientific center, there are currently nine research institutes, two specialized laboratories, and a factory constructing non-standard scientific equipment, all of which belong to the Academy of Sciences. A beautiful natural setting, well-planned growth, and highly developed social infrastructure and utilities system provide exceptional opportunities for fruitful scientific and technological activities in Chernogolovka. The academic administration of the scientific center (the Presidium of the Scientific Center) and organs of the local government (the Chernogolovka Territorial Administration) support and develop the town's social infrastructure and utilities and make decisions regarding municipal construction and other strategic issues.