104 OCEAN SCIENCES AND NATIONAL SECURITY 



Two different discussions follow, each from separate sources that 

 appear consistent in their recitation of Soviet statistics. 



Laboratories 



According to a published review of work by the principal coordinat- 

 ing body for oceanography in the U.S.S.R., the Oceanographic Com- 

 mission of the Academy of Sciences, marine subjects are being 

 investigated at nearlj' 100 establishments which are subordinate to 16 

 ministries and agencies. However, of all these establishments only a 

 few are conducting significant research. The leading oceanographic 

 research institutions are the Institute of Oceanology of the Academy 

 of Sciences, the Marine Hydrophysics Institute of the Academy of 

 Sciences, the State Oceanographic Institute of the Main Administra- 

 tion of the Hydrometeorological Service, the Arctic and Antarctic 

 Scientific Research Institute of the Main Administration of the 

 Northern Sea Route, and the All-Union Scientific Research Institute 

 of Fish Economy and Oceanography. 



The Institute of Oceanology, Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. — This 

 institute is responsible for the complex study of the seas and oceans. 

 Founded in 1946 from the Laboratory of Oceanology, the institute 

 is subordinate to the Department of Geological and Geographic 

 Sciences of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. The institute, under 

 the direction of V. G. Kort, is located at Luzhnikovskaya ulitsa 8, 

 Moscow. It also maintains stations near Baku on Ai^tema Island in 

 the Caspian Sea and near Gelendzhik on the coast of the Black Sea. 

 The staff of the institute numbers more than 500 and includes about 

 120 scientists. The research fleet of the institute includes the Vityaz, 

 Geolog, Akademik Vavilov, and Akademik Shershov. 



The institute is responsible for the study of the plwsical, chemical, 

 geological, and biological characteristics and processes occurring in 

 the oceans. It is also responsible for the study of the water level of the 

 Caspian Sea, the scientific development of new methods, and the 

 design of new instrumentation for oceanographic research. The 

 scientific activities and accomplishments of the institute are reported 

 in the Trudy Institute Okeanologii Akademii Nauk, S.S.S.R. 



The Marine IIydro])hysics Institute, Academy oj Sciences, U.S.S.R. — 

 This institute was organized in 1948 b}^ combining the Black Sea 

 H3'droph3^sics Station at Katsiveli in the Crimea and the Marine 

 Hydrophj^sics Laboratory in Moscow. It is subordinate to the 

 Department of Physico-Mathematical Sciences of the Academy of 

 Sciences, U.S.S.R. The acting director is V. I. Grabovsky. The 

 main institute is located at Sadovaya ulitsa, Lyubhno, Moscow, 

 and the Black Sea Station is near Simeiz, Katsiveli, Crimea. The 

 facilities of the institute include a wave basin and the recentl}^ acquired 

 research vessel Mikhail Lomonosov. 



The institute is responsible for the study of physical and dynamic 

 oceanography. Work is conducted on wave research, the thermal 

 regime of the sea, and the interaction of oceans and continents. 

 Many of the results are published in the journal of the institute, Trudy, 

 Morskovo Oidrofizicheskovo Instituta. 



The State Oceanographic Institute.- — Formed in 1943, this institute 

 is the central organization for oceanographic and marine hydro- 

 meteorological research under the Main Administration of the 

 Hydrometeorological Service. The main institute under the direc- 



