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monoxide, cadmium bromide, dodecane derivatives, and liquefied gases at low 
temperatures, and the thermal expansion of diamonds, metals, graphite, and 
silicon at low temperatures. Magnetic studies have considered magnetoelectric 
effects in chromium oxide and in antiferromagnetic materials, and the anti- 
ferromagnetism of sulfates and carbonates of nickel, cobalt, iron, copper, 
and manganese at low temperatures. Other interests of the Institute include 
the development of high-quality quartz rods, the study of optical properties 
of piezoelectric crystals, the use of platinum thermometers for calorimetric 
work, the comparison of low-temperature scales of platinum resistance 
thermometers, the study of the shift in Curie temperature during compression 
of manganese and cobvalt fluorides and the reducing of photographic 
observations to astronomical time. 
VNIIFTRI was formed in 1955 to replace the former Central Scientific- 
Research Institute for Radio Measurements (TsNIIR) and the Low-Temperature 
and High-Pressure Laboratories of the Moscow State Institute of Measures 
and Measuring. The Institute has five laboratories: Radio Measurements, 
Measurements of Time and Frequency, Acoustic Measurements, Heat Measurements, 
and Measurements of Super-High Pressures. The Institute has a Time Service 
at Irkutsk. 
The Institute publishes a Trudy and grants Candidate's Degrees. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute for Rural Electrification 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut elektrifikatsii sel'- 
skogo khozyaystva--VIESKh ) 
Address: Stantsiya Plyushchevo, Moskva-Ryazanskoy zheleznoy dorogi 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Member: K. A. Didebulidze, Candidate 
Description: 
The Institute serves as a training center for technical personnel 
associated with the agricultural industry. Both undergraduate and graduate 
programs are offered, and the Candidate's and Doctor's Degrees are granted. 
Research has included work on high-frequency heating techniques, electric 
cabling, instruments and equipment related to electrification, and tractor 
technology. It publishes a Nauchnyye Trudy. 
