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damage to certain parts of power-plant equipment. Methods for water prepara- 
tion to ensure steam purity have been developed to combat scale, corrosion, 
cracking, and steam pollution in high-pressure boilers and atomic power 
stations. Problems associated with operating dependability of welded joints 
in steam piping for high- and extra-high-pressure boilers, and the "dry- 
pressure" bonding of metals under high-temperature conditions, have been 
investigated. 
Several groups, including the Turbine Shop and Petroleum (Oil) 
Laboratory, have conducted experiments pertaining to the oxidation and aging 
of lubricants, turbine oils and hydraulic fluids, and the effect of inhi- 
bitors, additives, and antioxidants. Resulting developments included a 
graphite-copper lubricant and a fire-resistant substitute for turbine oils. 
Miscellaneous studies on subjects such as grain drying, dielectric 
heating for the textile industry, and treatment of inorganic salts also 
have been conducted. 
An Eastern Branch of the Institute has been established in Chel- 
yabinsk to give scientific and technical help to Ural and Siberian power- 
engineering installations. It has Furnace-Boiler and Turbine Divisions 
and also groups working on thermal automatics, water chemical problems, and 
metals. Their research is parallel to the main Institute's, but on a more 
limited scale. 
The Institute has also been instrumental in convening numerous 
meetings and conferences. It publishes an Izvestiya and a Trudy. 
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Name: All-Union State Institute of Cinematography 
(Vsesoyuznyy gosudarstvennyy institut kinematografii--VGIK) 
Address: Moscow, ulitsa Tekstil'shchikov, 3 
Director: A. N. Groshev, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Culture, R.S.F.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
Yu. V. Bogdankevich 
S. A. Gerasimov, Professor, Head of Chair 
N. A. Lebedev, Professor, Head of Chair 
G. P. Shirokov, Docent, Dean 
G. A. Tavrizyan, Dean 
