About KarRC RAS
  • Historical background
  • KarRC RAS Administration
  • KarRC RAS Address
  • Major research themes

  • Karelian Research Centre RAS
    Karelian Research Centre RAS


    Historical background

    1930 - The Complex Karelian Research Institute was founded
    1937 - It was reorganized into the Karelian Research Research Institute of Culture
    1946 у. - Karelian-Finnish Research Facility of the USSR Academy of Sciences with its scientitic and general subdivisions was established
    1949 у. - The Facility was renamed as Karelian-Finnish Branch of the USSR AS
    1956 у. - renamed as the Karelian Branch of the USSR AS
    1963 у. - the Karelian Branch was closed, the divisions became part of ministries and departments
    1967 у. - the Karelian Branch of the USSR AS was reopened as a unity of 6 research institutions
    1990 у. - the Karelian Branch was named the Karelian Research Centre of the USSR Academy of Sciences
    since 1991 у. - Karelian Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences (KarRC RAS)

    KarRC RAS Administration

    Director General:
    O.N. Bakhmet, RAS Corr. Fellow, Doctor (DSc) of Biology, ph. +7 (8142) 78-00-59, ,

    Deputy Director General for Research Administration:
    Yu.V. Zaika, Doctor (DSc) of Physics and Mathematics, Professor, ph. +7 (8142) 78-00-59,

    Deputy Director General for Research Administration:
    N.V. Ilmast, Doctor (DSc) of Biology, ph. +7 (8142) 76-96-01,

    Head of Research Area:
    N.N. Nemova, RAS Corr. Fellow, Doctor (DSc) of Biology, ph. +7 (8142) 57-18-79,

    Secretary for Science:
    Natalia Fokina, Cand. (PhD) of Biology, ph. +7 (8142) 76-96-79,

    KarRC RAS Address

    11 Pushkinskaya Street
    Petrozavodsk
    Karelia
    185910, Russia
    Phone: +7 8142 76-60-40, +7 8142 77-97-10
    Fax: +7 8142 76-96-00
    E-mail:

    Last modified: March 7, 2024