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The history of scientists’ cooperation between the Siberian region of Russia and the Republic of Belarus has not been covered in historiography yet. The article objective is to reconstruct the history, study the current state of international research cooperation between the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in the 1990-2000s identifying its main areas. The roots of scientific collaboration of the Siberian Branch of RAS and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus can be traced back to the mid XX century. In 1957, when the largest integrated scientific center in the USSR started to be created in Siberia, the representatives from European scientific schools, including those from the Belorussian SSR, came to work in its new institutes. Siberian scientists of the Belarusian origin working in scientific institutions of Siberia are well known to the world scientific community for their contribution to the relevant fields of knowledge, among them are geologist A.A. Trofimuk, chemist V.A. Koptyug, physical chemist V.N. Parmon. In the post-Soviet period, it was the “Belarusian vector”, that played the decisive role in restoring international cooperation with scientists from neighboring countries. The integration ties established between the Siberian and Belarusian institutions in the Soviet period since the early 1990s underwent significant changes and took on new meaning. The article analyzes the key areas of international collaboration of which the most significant part was implementing joint research projects. The author concludes that the experience gained by scientists of SB RAS and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in this sphere is unique and needs further study and synthesis. The study sources include published reports on research and organizational activities of SB RAS, materials of the SB RAS’ Presidium and press.