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Name: All-Union Scientific-Research Institute of Metrology imeni 
D. I. Mendeleyev 
(Vsesoyuznyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut metrologii imeni 
D. I. Mendeleyeva--VNIIM) 
Address: Leningrad, prospekt I. V. Stalina, 19 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
U.S.S.R., for Standards, Measures, and 
Measuring Equipment (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
P. N. Agaletskiy, Doctor 
K. K. Aglintsev 
V. O. Arutyunov 
Ye. N. Chechurina, Candidate 
B. S. Dzhelepov 
N. N. Ergardt, Candidate 
A. N. Gordov, Candidate 
A. S. Karamyan 
Ye. A. Khol’nova 
A. A. Konstantinov 
V. A. Korndorf, Candidate 
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V. Ya. Kurbatov 
E. A. Lapina 
N. D. Lebedeva, Candidate 
G. P. Ostromukhova 
S. A. Shestopalova 
S. S. Tovehigrechko 
V. B. Veynberg, Doctor 
B. M. Yanovskiy, Professor 
M. F. Yudin, Head of Radiometric Laboratory 
L. V. Zalutskiy, Professor 
Description: 
VNIIM was organized in the early 1900's to replace the Main Board 
of Measures and Weights. Under its control are seven scientific departments 
with 2h laboratories, six inspection laboratories, a designing bureau, and 
the experimental plant "Etalon". In 1942, the Sverdlovsk Branch was 
established with seven scientific laboratories. It is now the metrologic 
base of the Urals, inspecting standards, measures, and measuring instruments 
for the regions between the Volga and Ob Rivers. 
The Laboratory of High Temperatures, organized in 1925, has designed 
and developed a furnace for the calibration of thermocouples. They have 
