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rubbers on polyvinyl chlorides for shoe soles, the vulcanization of 
polymer materials, the plasticizing of polymers, and the properties of 
mixtures of rubber polymers with other polymers or with leather fibers. 
The Institute publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Flax 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel’skiy institut 1'na--VNIIL) 
Address: Torzhok, ulitsa Lunacharskogo, 37 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Agricultural Sciences (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: <- 
Description: 
The work of this research institute is directed toward the improve- 
ment of textile fibers. The Institute has successfully used seed irradia- 
tion to increase the yield of natural plant fibers. 
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Name: All-Union Secientific-Research Institute of Fodder imeni V. R. Vil*yams 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno issledovatel'skiy institut kormov imeni V. R. 
Vil 'yamsa--VIK) 
Address: Moscow, Stantsiya lugoraya, Severnoy zheleznoy dorogi, Sovelovskiy 
vokzal 
Director: M. P. Yelsukov (1958) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, U.S.S.R. (1958) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. D. Dalin, Doctor 
N. S. Konyushkov 
P. A. Sergeyev, Doctor 
S. S. Shayn, Doctor 
