The Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SBRAS) was established by the Decree of the Government of the USSR which was based on the proposal of Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergei Sobolev and Sergey Khristianovich in 1957 as a regional division of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, replacing a previous small branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR.

Novosibirsk State University was founded to serve as a staff base for the Siberian Branch.

[1] During the war, hundreds of scientists were evacuated to Siberia, and in 1943 the West Siberian Branch (WSF) of the Soviet Union Academy of Sciences was created.

Formed in May 1957 on the initiative of academicians Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergei Sobolev,and Sergey Khristianovich.

[7] In 1982, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR dated May 4, he was awarded the Order of Lenin.