On the basis of the resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR from 26 September 1987 No. 1088 “On the Ural and Far Eastern Branches of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR” and the resolution No. 12 of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR from 22 January 1988 and the resolution of the Presidium of the Ural Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences from 1 February 1988, Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established on the basis of the institutions of the USSR Academy of Sciences located in the city of Perm.
The first chairman of Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1988-2000) was Klyachkin Yury Stepanovich, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
From 2000 to 2017 Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Matveyenko Valery Pavlovich was Chairman of Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (on the basis of the order of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 108 from 15 June 2000).
In accordance with the decree No. 274 of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 18 December 2007, the institution was renamed Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
By the decree of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 13 December 2011 No. 262, the type and name of Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences was changed to the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science.
In accordance with the Federal Law from 27 September 2013 No. 253-FE “On the Russian Academy of Sciences, the reorganization of state academies of sciences and the amendment of certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” and the decree of the Government of the Russian Federation from 30 December 2013 No. 2591-r The PSC UB RAS was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO of Russia).
The Federal State Budgetary Institution of Science Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PFRC UB RAS) is organized in accordance with the order of FASO Russia N340 dated 26 June 2016, based on Perm Scientific Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (PSC UB RAS) as a result of reorganization in the form of joining to it the Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICMM, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences), the Institute of Technical Chemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences and Sciences (ITC UB RAS), the Mining Institute of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (MI UB RAS), the Institute of Ecology and Genetics of Microorganisms, Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEGM UB RAS), Perm Research Institute of Agriculture (PRIA).
Since 2017 with the organization of PFRC UB RAS
Director of Perm Federal Research Center of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences is Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences Baryakh Alexander Abramovich (on the basis of the order of FASO of Russia No. 688 of 24 July 2017).
The Scientific Supervisor is Academician Matveenko Valery Pavlovich (on the basis of the decree of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. 151 from 19 September 2017).
Since 2018 PFRC UB RAS, in connection with the abolition of the FASO of Russia, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation.
The Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics of the Ural Scientific Center of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established in accordance with the resolution of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences of 14 February 1980, No. 249 by reorganizing the Department of Polymer Physics of the UC USSR Academy of Sciences, which was established as an independent scientific institution on 1 July 1971 by the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers.
Currently, the institute includes 11 laboratories and 1 department.
In 2017, the Institute became part of Perm Federal Research Center UB RAS.