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A. V. Kuzherskaya, Docent 
Kh. Razzakov, Candidate, Head of Chair 
Description: 
The activities of this institute include the training of teachers. 
It publishes a Uchenyye Zapiski. 
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Name: Arctic and Antarctic Scientific Research Institute 
(Arkticheskiy i antarkticheskiy nauchno-issledovatel'’skiy institut-- 
AANIT) 
Address: Leningrad, Fontanka, 34 
Director: -- 
Deputy Directors: M. M. Somov, Doctor (1962) 
P. A. Gordiyenko (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Main Administration of the Northern Sea Route 
(1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
L. L. Balaksin, Head of an Expedition 
N. Bryazgin, Head of an Expedition 
A. S. Denisov, Head of an Expedition 
I. Dolgin, Head of Department of Climate 
V. M. Driatskiy, Head of an Expedition 
K. K. Fedchenko, Head of an Expedition 
A. A. Girs, Head of Department of Meteorology and Weather 
Forecasting 
A. F. Laktionov, Head of Department of Oceanology 
A. Nikol'’skiy, Head of Geophysics Department 
I. V. Maksimov 
M. Ye. Ostrekin, Head of a Department 
I. S. Peschanskiy, Head of Laboratory of Ice Research 
I. G. Petrov, Head of an Expedition 
S. T. Serlapov, Head of an Expedition 
V. A. Shamont'yev, Head of an Expedition 
K. A. Sychev, Head of North Pole Expedition 
M. K. Tarshis, Head of a Laboratory 
A. F. Treshnikov, Head of Antarctic Department 
N. A. Volkov, Head of an Expedition 
Description: 
This institute was founded in 1925, when the Northern Scientific 
Trade Expedition bought a small ship. Originally called the Institute for 
