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Description: 
This facility was organized in 1930. There is a branch in Poltava, 
a North Caucasus Division in Rostov Oblast’, and an Experimental Pasturage 
Station in Moscow Oblast’. The parent Institute has a Laboratory of Plant 
Protection. It has Departments for Meadows and Pasturelands, Field-Grass 
Sowing, Species and Grade Testing of Pasture Grasses, Annual Grasses, 
Cultivated Crops, Mechanization of Feed Production, and Economics and 
Organization of Feed Production. Furthermore, the Department of Haymaking 
and Ensilage has an experimental shop. The Institute has an experimental 
farm to study pasture improvement, seed productivity, irrigation, and 
fertilizers. Candidate's and Doctor's Degrees are conferred. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Fuel Utilization 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut toplivoispol'zovaniya 
--VNIIT) 
Address: -- 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. I. Koval 
Ye. M. Oparina 
A. U. Pugovkin 
V. N. Vorob'yeva 
A. S. Yermilov 
Description: 
This institute nas conducted research on non-oxidizing heating of 
steel blanks for stamping, on the action of ultrasound on the thermal 
stability of silicone liquids, and on the use of manganese monoxide to 
replace nickel oxide in alkali accumulators. It has also designed probes 
for measuring temperatures in furnaces, as well as gas burners for steel 
plants. It publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Glass Fiber 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut steklyannogo 
volokna--VNIISV) 
