JeMNSME ICICIC 
DIRECTORY OF SELECTED SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTES IN THE U.S.S.R. 
Name: Abakan Pedagogical Institute 
(Abakanskiy pedagogicheskiy institut) 
Address: Abakan, Oktyabr'skaya ulitsa, 82 
Director: I. A. Kiselev, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Education, R.S.F.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
The Institute offers courses in Russian language, literature, and 
history, Khakass language and literature, and mathematics and physics. It 
publishes a Uchenyye Zapiski. 
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Name: Abastumani Astrophysical Observatory 
(Abastumanskaya astrofizicheskaya observatoriya--AAO) 
Address: On Mt. Kanobili, 200 km west of Tbilisi 
Director: Ye. K. Kharadze, Academician, Georgian S.S.R. (1962) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Georgian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
M. V. Dolidze 
V. P. Dzhapiashvili 
L. A. Ksamfomaliti 
T. G. Megrelishvili 
N. A. Razmadze, Scientific Secretary 
Description: 
The Abastumani Observatory is the main astronomical center of 
Georgia. It was founded in 1932 in Abastumani. Since 1937, it has been 
