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crobiological, and hydrochemical laboratories and 

 the libraries of other departments will be housed 

 in the main building of the station. An aquarium 

 designed for scientific work will be installed on the 

 first floor of this building, whUe several other 

 aquaria, open to the public, will be erected in the 

 basement of the building. Premises containing 

 students' laboratories will be situated near the 

 central building and will also be equipped with large 

 aquaria. Special interest is attached to an open-air 

 concrete reservoir intended to accommodate large 

 sea animals, including seals. 



The spawn of crabs will be brought from the Far 

 East for acclimatization and breeding in the Barents 

 Sea. A special vessel, 30 meters long, built for 

 scientific work in the open sea, will maintain unin- 

 terrupted communications between the station and 

 the city of Murmansk. 



At the beginning of this year, the Academy of 

 Sciences of the U. S. S. R. commenced extensive 

 work in the Dalnye-Zelenets Bay, east of the Kola 

 Bay (Teriberka district, situated in the Northern 

 Province), for the construction of this biological 

 station, which will be the finest in the Soviet Union. 

 The Soviet architect N. V. Ryiunin and his assistants 

 have designed all the buildings. 



Novorossiisk Arnoldi Biological Station ('34) 



History or origin: Founded in 1921 by the Scientific 

 Research Institution of the Kuban-Black Sea 

 Region, dedicated to the late Prof. V. M. Arnoldi. 



Location: In Novorossiisk on the west coast of 

 Tsemess Bay, 200-250 meters from the shore. 

 Address: Novorossiisk, Stanitchka, Sleptsov- 

 skaia I. 



Organization to which attached: Science Branch of 

 the Department of Universities and Scientific 

 Research Institutions of the People's Commis- 

 sariat of Education of R. S. F. S. R. 



Purposes: The principal objects of the Black Sea: 

 investigation of practical problems, e.g., en- 

 crustations on submarine constructions by algae 

 and mollusks; marine sanitation questions; study 

 of the fisheries. 



Scope of activities: Activities embrace the northeast 

 part of the Black Sea, the Kertch Straits, and the 

 district from Anape to Adler. 



Equipment: A building of 257 sq. meters, of which 

 136 sq. meters are occupied by laboratories and 

 research rooms. A biological laboratory with 

 zoological and algological sections. Hydrochemi- 

 cal and bacteriological laboratories. The labora- 



tories are well equipped with instruments and 



apparatus. The library has over 4,000 volumes 



of special literature. Two small .sail and motor 



research boats. 

 Staff: Director, V. A. Vodianitski (zoologist). 



Vice-director, E. A. Poteriaicv (hydrochemist). 



Chief zoologist, S. G. Krishanovski. 



Hydrologist, S. P. Rotar. 



Hydrochemist, E. L. Rabushkin. 



Botanist, Miss S. N. Mlkhailovskaya. 



Zoologist, Miss E. G. Ko.ssiakina. 



Zoologist, Miss S. M. Pchelina. 



Technical staff — 6 persons. 

 Provisions for visiting investigators: In the summer 



time, one or two places can be temporarily 



allotted for visiting investigators. 

 Income: The Station exists on the Budget of the 



People's Commissariat of Education. It also 



receives small sums from contracts for special 



research work. The budget in 1933 was 66,200 



Rbls., including 8,000 Rbls. for scientific equipment. 

 Provision for the publication of results: The Station 



publishes its "Memoirs" (Trudy). Five issues 



have appeared, 50-180 pages each. 



Ukrainian Odessa Fisheries Station ('34) 



History or origin: Founded in 1921 by the Ukrainian 

 People's Commissariat of Supplies. 



Location: Odessa, Kolodesni pereoulok No. 9. 



Organization to which attached: Branch of the Asov- 

 Black Sea Scientific Research Institute of Fisheries 

 and Oceanography, affiliated with the All-Union 

 Scientific Research Institute of Marme Fisheries 

 and Oceanography in Moscow. 



Purposes: Survey of the natural resources of the 

 Black Sea and the recon.struction of the fishing 

 technique. The work of the Station is divided 

 into 4 sections: Ichthyological; Physics and 

 chemistry of the sea; Hydrobiology ; Fishing 

 technique. 



(Scope of activities: The U. S. S. R. part of the Black 

 Sea, chiefly the northwest part, from the Crimea 

 to the Roumanian boundary. 



Equipment: The Station does not possess its own 

 buildings. It has ichthyological, hydrobiological, 

 hydrological laboratories, and a research vessel 

 Telman of 18 reg. tons. 



Staff: Director, S. J. Sirovatsky (ichthyologist). 

 Assistant, Mrs. N. I. Sirovatskaia (ichthyologist). 

 Specialist of fishing technique, N. N. Vinogradov. 

 Ichthyologist, F. F. Egerman. 



