Limitations 
It is recognized that the source materials used in assembling this Direc - 
tory presented some limitations. For example, many institutions have been 
identified but insufficient information was found in the literature to warrant 
their inclusion in the Directory. In other instances, it is known that, because 
of the amount of information found, the description of an institution of lesser 
importance may be more detailed than that of a more important institution. 
NEITHER THE EXTENT OF THE DESCRIPTIONS, NOR THE INCLUSION 
OF OR FAILURE TO INCLUDE AN INSTITUTION, IS INDICATIVE OF THE 
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF A GIVEN INSTITUTION. 
Format 
The format described below was employed in the Directory. 
Name of Institute. Both the translated and the transliterated name of 
each institution are given. The Directory is arranged alphabetically by the 
translated name and an index of transliterated names has been provided. The 
Board of Geographical Names system oftransliterationhas been used. Table l 
shows the more popular transliteration systems in current usage.* 
Address. The Soviet form is used. For some of the geographically 
remote institutions, the nearest city or village is listed. 
Director and Deputy Director. The title or academic degree is listed 
when known. The date shown in parentheses is the date of the most recent 
source of the information. When it was impossible to locate information on 
these administrators, the space was left blank. 
Administrative Affiliation. It was not always possible to identify from 
the literature the administrative affiliation of each institution. Further, as 
previously indicated, the administrative structure for many institutions has 
undergone change during 1957-1962. The date in parentheses is the date of the 
source of the information. 
*Rosemary Neiswender, "Russian Translation -— Sound and Sense", Special 
Libraries, Vol 53, No. 1, pp 37-41 (January, 1962). 
