Koltsovo is an urban-type settlement (working settlement) in the Novosibirsk Region, which has the status of a science city of the Russian Federation. Part of the Novosibirsk agglomeration. The working settlement of Koltsovo forms a municipal entity with the status of an urban district as the only settlement in its composition.
Located 25 kilometers from the center of Novosibirsk
and 10 kilometers from the Novosibirsk Academgorodok. From all sides
it is completely surrounded by the territory of the Novosibirsk
region.
The area of the village is 896.27 hectares (8.9627
km²). The area of the territory of the municipal formation r.p.
Koltsovo - 18.97 km².
The Zaboburikha River flows through the
village.
The history of Koltsovo is inextricably
linked with the history of the State Research Center for Virology
and Biotechnology "Vector" (State Research Center of VB "Vector").
When in 1974 the Council of Ministers of the USSR decided to
open the All-Union Research Institute of Molecular Biology near
Novosibirsk (now the State Research Center VB "Vector"), it was also
decided to build a workers' settlement as a place of residence for
employees of this institute. The first few houses built since 1975
belonged to the village of Baryshevo, Novosibirsk District,
Novosibirsk Region.
On August 30, 1979, by the decision of
the executive committee of the Novosibirsk Regional Council of
People's Deputies, the settlement of microbiologists was separated
from the Barysheva village into a separate working settlement within
the Novosibirsk rural district. This date is considered the official
day of the settlement.
The village got its name in honor of
the famous Russian biologist, cytologist, geneticist Nikolai
Koltsov.
By the decision of the Novosibirsk Regional
Executive Committee No. 483 of October 16, 1989, the settlement of
Novoborsk of the Baryshevsky village council of the Novosibirsk
region was included in the working settlement of Koltsovo. Novoborsk
arose at the State breeding poultry farm "Novosibirsk" (1977). The
population of the Novoborskiy microdistrict as of January 1, 2014
was 959 people, the general plan provides for its growth by 2024 to
2.3 thousand inhabitants.
By the decree of the President of
the Russian Federation dated January 17, 2003, the Koltsovo
settlement was assigned the status of a science city for a period
until December 31, 2025. At the same time, the Koltsov Development
Program was approved by a presidential decree.
In 2005, the
village of Koltsovo was separated from the Novosibirsk region and
became an independent urban district within the Novosibirsk region.
In September 2015, the Baryshevo - Orlovka - Koltsovo highway
was opened, as well as the tunnel between Koltsovo and Baryshev
under the railroad tracks, thanks to which transport links with
Novosibirsk were improved, since previously there were traffic
congestions at the railway crossing.
In December 2015, the
Biotechnopark Collective Use Center was opened.
Business Incubator and Biotechnopark Koltsovo
Since 2007, a
business incubator has been operating in Koltsovo - an office and
production complex for start-up small and medium-sized businesses.
Companies whose age does not exceed one year can, on a competitive
basis, become residents of the business incubator and lease its
premises on a preferential basis within three years. After three
years, the company must leave the business incubator.
On
April 13, 2007, the forthcoming start of construction of the
Koltsovo Technopark was announced. The first residents of the
technopark were named the company "ImDi" (production of medical test
systems) and the Center for Financial Technologies (production of
software for the financial sector). One of the first residents of
the business incubator, Aeroservice, is also preparing to build the
production of deep air purification systems.
On November 28,
2008, the Koltsovo administration signed an agreement with the SUN
company to locate the production of large format printers and ink
for them at the Koltsovo Technopark.
In 2011, a program for
the development of a biotechnopark in Koltsovo Science City was
initiated. The purpose of the biotechnopark is to create space for
the location of specialized production facilities of Koltsovo
innovative companies, as well as to create conditions for scaling up
projects that emerged from the business incubator. SFM-Pharm, the
first resident of the biotechnopark, is completing the construction
of its buildings with a total area of 3000 sq. m. and plans to
start production of pharmaceutical products. The next stage in the
development of the biotechnopark is the construction of a public
access center with a total area of 6,000 m2.
The village of Koltsovo is connected with Novosibirsk and Novosibirsk Akademgorodok by bus routes No. 139 and No. 170, as well as by several routes of a route taxi. A large positive role in ensuring transport accessibility was played by the commissioning of an underground overpass across the railway in the village of Baryshevo in 2015 (previously, the road passed through a 4-track railway through a crossing equipped with barriers, where the waiting time for motorists was often 30-40 minutes or more ). Many residents of Koltsov use the services of suburban electric trains (the Baryshevo stop is 1 km from the village; a bus runs to it during peak hours on weekdays).