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This article is timed to the 300th anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences and is devoted to the scientific activity of Institute for Water and Environmental problems SB RAS. A brief description of its history of creation and development is given. The organization of the Institute was dictated by the need to conduct basic research on the study of environmental processes and phenomena, assessment of the state of water resources and study the issues of balanced nature management in the vast Siberian region. The main scientific directions of the institute’s activities are listed: formation, monitoring and use of water resources in Siberia (based on the basin approach); development of scientific bases for environmental protection and rational nature management taking into account anthropogenic factors and climate change. The structure of the institute, including 7 laboratories and 2 branches, is presented, the main research objects (the Ob and Irtysh Rivers, the Novosibirsk reservoir, the lakes: Teletskoye, and Chany and their catchment areas), scientific projects and their results are noted. Among the largest projects are: assessment of ecological consequences of construction of large hydroelectric power plants (Katun, Krapivinskii, Boguchansk, and Evenkiiskii); ecological assessment of consequences of nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site; ecological support of rocket and space activity, including construction and operation of the Vostochny cosmodrome; research into the current state and scientific substantiation of methods and means to ensure sustainable functioning of the water management complex in the basins of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers; research into methods and means to ensure sustainable functioning of the water management complex in the basins of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers, and research on the environmental protection of the Ob and Irtysh Rivers.