Akademgorodok (Russian: Академгородо́к), is a part of the Russian city Novosibirsk, located 20 km south of the city center. It is the educational and scientific centre of Siberia.
It is located in the center of birch and pine forest on the shore of the Ob Sea, a man-made reservoir on the river Ob. Formally it is a part of Novosibirsk city, and has never been a closed city.
Located within Akademgorodok is Novosibirsk State University, 35 research institutes, medical academy, apartment buildings and houses, and a variety of community amenities including stores, hotels, hospitals, restaurants and cafes, cinemas, clubs and libraries. The House of Scientists (Dom Uchyonykh), a social center of Akademgorodok, hosts a library containing 100,000 volumes — Russian classics, modern literature and also many American, British, French, German, Polish books and magazines. The House of Scientists also includes a picture gallery, lecture halls and a concert hall.
Read more about Akademgorodok: History, Akademgorodok in The Post-Soviet Era, List of Research and Education Facilities in Akademgorodok