Colour Kodachrome 35mm slide depicts a description of the town Akademgorodok, outside of Novosibirsk.
Note for this slide reads: "Academy City - one of the largest research centres in the world. Head of USSR Academy of Sciences. 40,000 students and teachers and 1/7 in research. Admittance standards are very high but rewards are great. People in Siberia get 40% more salary than rest of Russia. There are 22 research institutes."