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and T. S. Sokolova . Inherited cytoplasmic variations in 

 yeast caused by berberine and acriflavin. Doklady Akad. 

 Nauk S.S.S.R. 131, #2, 436-39 (1961). 

 and L. S. Agroskin, N. V. Korolev, L S. Kulaev, N. A. 

 Porno shchnikova" Ultraviolet fluorescence of nucleic acids 

 and polyphosphates. Doklady Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 131 , #6, 

 1440-43 (1961). 

 Office: Institute of Radiation and Physico-Chemical Biology 



of USSR Academy of Sciences 

 Moscow, USSR 



MELENT'EV, LEV ALEKSANDRQVICH (Energetics Specialist) 



L. A. Melent'ev was born in 1908. In 1930 he graduated 

 from the Leningrad Polytechnical Institute. From 1929-33, he 

 worked at the Leningrad Energetics Institute. He was, 1933- 

 35, bureau chief of the Leningrad Commission on Energetics. 

 From 1936 to 1942, he was a senior instructor, docent, and then 

 professor of the Leningrad Engineering-Economics Institute. 

 In 1942-60, he was a senior scientific worker at the U.S.S.R. 

 Academy of Sciences Institute of Energetics, and from 1945-60, 

 he was also Chairman of the Thermo -Energetics Department, 

 and professor at the Leningrad Engineering Economics Insti- 

 tute. In 1960 he became Director of the U.S.S.R. Academy of 

 Sciences Siberian Branch Institute of Energetics. Since 1947 

 he has been a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet 

 Union. He was elected to the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences as 

 a Corresponding Member in 1960. 



Melent'ev has concerned himself with power plants in the 

 Soviet Union. 



As of 1962, he has been Chairman of the Presidium of the 

 East Siberian Branch of Siberian Department. In March 1962, 

 he was elected delegate from R.S.F.S.R. to the Supreme Soviet. 

 Bibliography: 



40 years of Soviet power engineering. District heating de- 

 velopment in USSR. Teploenergetika 4, #11, 1957, 35-40. 

 Engineering Index, 1958, p. 972. 



and G. B. Levental. Correlation between the thermodynamic 

 and power indices of heat-power plant efficiency. Engineer- 

 ing Index, 1958, p. 1180. Also in Applied Mechanics Review, 

 #2022, 1959. 

 Office: Institute of Energetics 



Siberian Branch USSR Academy of Sciences 

 Irkutsk, Siberia 



