Zolotaya Dolina, Novosibirsk, River valley in Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia

Zolotaya Dolina is a stretch of the Zyryanka River valley in its lower course, on the edge of Akademgorodok in Novosibirsk. It is the spot where construction of the academic town began, and in 1957 six panel houses were put up here for the leaders of the Akademgorodok organisation, among them academician M. A. Lavrentyev. His house now holds a museum.

Until about 1957 the ravine of the Zyryanka River was called Volchiy Log, Wolf's Ravine, because wolves lived there. In 1957 six panel houses were built in the valley for the leaders of the Akademgorodok construction, among them academician Mikhail Lavrentyev. Lavrentyev found the old name unattractive for scientists arriving from the capital and asked for a new one; the name Zolotaya Dolina was proposed by Vladimir Titov, then a postgraduate student and later director of the Institute of Hydrodynamics.

The name Zolotaya Dolina replaced the earlier Volchiy Log (Wolf's Ravine) around 1957, when academician Mikhail Lavrentyev found the old name unattractive for incoming scientists. It was proposed by Vladimir Titov, then a graduate student and later director of the Institute of Hydrodynamics. The valley gave its name to Zolotodolinskaya Street and to a local hotel, and Natalya Pritvits devoted the poem "Doliniana" to it.

Zolotaya Dolina lies in the lower reaches of the Zyryanka River on the edge of Akademgorodok, reached by bus or minibus from central Novosibirsk. Lavrentyev's former house, now a museum, is the main sight; the valley is also a starting point for walks along the river.

Before 1957 the ravine was called Volchiy Log, Wolf's Ravine, because wolves lived there. Academician Mikhail Lavrentyev, who had a prefabricated house built in the valley that year, found the name off-putting for scientists arriving from Moscow. The new name Zolotaya Dolina was suggested by Vladimir Titov, then a postgraduate student and later director of the Institute of Hydrodynamics.