Sovetsky District is an administrative district (raion), one of the 10 raions of Novosibirsk, Russia. It is located on the right and left banks of the Ob River. The area of the district is 89,2 km2 (34,4 sq mi). Population: 141,911 (2018 Census).
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History
The district was established on March 26, 1958. The new raion included Ogurtsovo, Left Chyomy and Right Chyomy, Nizhnyaya Yeltsovka, "Shcha" Microdistrict and Akademgorodok.
In 1959 more than 33,000 people lived in the Sovetsky District.
Akademgorodok
Akademgorodok was founded in 1957. Academicians Mikhail Lavrentyev, Sergey Sobolev, Andrey Trofimuk, Sergey Khristianovich and others played a big role in establishing of the naukograd. The Institute of Hydrodynamics is one of the first research institutions that opened in the scientific town.
December 30, 2014 Akademgorodok was included in The Register of Objects of Cultural Heritage (monuments of history and culture) of the Peoples of the Russian Federation
Nizhnyaya Yeltsovka
The village has been known since the beginning of the 18th century.
Science
Scientific organizations in Nizhnyaya Yeltsovka
Research Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine
Research Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Research Institute of Physiology and Fundamental Medicine
Department of the Institute of Mining of the SB RAS
Scientific organizations in Shlyuz Microdistrict
Research Institute of Automated Planning and Control Systems
Department of Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics
Education
Novosibirsk State University
Novosibirsk State University is located in the Akademgorodok. It was established in 1959.
Novosibirsk Lavrentyev Lyceum No. 130
Novosibirsk Lavrentyev Lyceum No. 130 is a school in Akademgorodok. It was founded in 1959.
Economy
Companies
Alawar Entertainment
Center of Financial Technologies
Sibers
Culture
Museums
Central Siberian Geological Museum
Historical and Architectural Museum in the open air
Museum of Archæology and Ethnography
Novosibirsk Railway Museum
Houses of culture
Akademia
Houses of scientists
Primorsky
Clubs
Quant is a humorous club of the Department of Physics of the Novosibirsk State University, founded in 1968. It's part of the team of the KVN NSU.
Pod integralom (Under the integral) is a Soviet discussion club, organized in the Academgorodok in the early 1960s.
Nature
Central Siberian Botanical Garden
Central Siberian Botanic Garden was founded in 1961.
By the Ob Sea Park
By the Ob Sea is a park in the ObGES Microdistrict.
Religion
New religious movements
In 1989, the "Ashram Shambala" sect was created in the district. It consisted of approximately 20,000 followers.
Transportation
Railway
Four railway stations are located in the district: Nizhnyaya Yeltsovka, Seyatel, Obskoye More and Beregovaya.