Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 183 



Branches of the Academy of Sciences of the 

 USSR. 



1. Daghestan Branch, AS USSR 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Makhachkala. 

 branch: Ichthyological Laboratory. 



2. Karelian Branch, AS USSR 



POSTAL ADDRESS: Petrozavodsk. 



BRANCHES: 



( 1 ) Institute of Biology. 



(2) White Sea Biological Station. 



3. Kola Branch, AS USSR 



POSTAL address: 



Headqt/itrlers: Kirovsk, Murmansk obi. 



Institute of Marine Biology: Kirovsk, Murmansk obi. 



Institute of Marine Biology 



year founded: 1936. 



SCOPE OF activities: Studies of laws regulating the 

 number of fish taken, the migration of game fish in 

 the littoral zone of Murmansk in connection with bio- 

 logical, hydrobiological and hydrochemical processes. 



vessel : Deanna. 



4. Komi Branch, AS USSR 



postal address: Syktykvar, Komi USSR. 

 BRANCH: Division of Biology. 



5. Moldavian Branch, AS USSR 



POSTAL address: Kishinev. 

 BRANCH: Institute of Biology. 



6. Yakutsk Branch, AS USSR 



POSTAL address: Yakutsk, Siberia. 

 branch: Institute of Biology. 



Institutes mid Sttitions Sponsored by Aca- 

 demies of Sciences of the Union Re- 

 publics 



1. AS Armenian SSR 



postal address: Erevan. 



branch: Sevang Hydrobiological Station. 



3. AS Byelorussian SSR 



postal address: Minsk. 

 branch: Institute of Biology. 



4. AS Estonian SSR 



postal address: Tallinn. 



branch: Institute of Zoology and Botany, Marine 

 Ichthyological Laboratory. 



5. AS Georgian SSR 



postal address: Tbilisi. 

 branch: Institute of Zoology. 



6. Yakutsk Branch, AS USSR 



postal address: Alma-alta. 

 branches: 



( 1 ) Altai Ichythyological Station. 



(2) Institute of Ichthyology and Fish Industry 



a. Aral Sea Ichthyological Department (see 

 description below). 



b. Balkhash Ichthyological Division. 



Aral Sea Ichthyological Department 



postal address: Aralsk. Kazakh SSR. 



YEAR founded: 1929. 



scope of activities: Studies of commercial stocks 



of the Aral Sea; feeding and breeding conditions 



of commercial fishes in connection with hydrotech- 



nical construction. 

 major research facilities: Laboratories equipped 



with optical, hydrochemical, and hydrobiological 



apparatus; seine boat and cutter. 



7. AS Kirghiz SSR 



postal address: Frunze. 



branch: Institute of Zoology and Parasitology. 



8. AS Latvian SSR 



postal address: Riga. 

 branch : Institute of Biology. 



9. AS Lithuanian SSR 



postal address: Vilnius. 

 branch: Institute of Biology. 



2. AS Azerbaijan SSR 



postal address: Baku. 

 branch: Institute of Zoology. 



10. AS Tajik SSR 



postal address: Stalinabad. 



branch: Institute of Zoology and Parasitology. 



