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Description: 
The Institute is studying optically sensitive materials, pressure 
stages in axial compressors, and the electrical conductivity of metals 
during turning. The Institute publishes a Sbornik Trudov. It offers 
courses in mechanization of agricultural production processes and 
electrification of agricultural production processes. 
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Name: Belorussian Institute of Railroad-Transportation Engineers 
(Belorusskiy institut inzhenerov zheleznodorozhnogo transporta) 
Address: Gomel’, ulitsa Kirova, 68 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Transportation, U.S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
Ye. D. Direnok, Docent, Head of Chair 
S. M. Lebedev, Professor 
N. A. Sokhachevskiy, Professor, Head of Chair 
I. G Tikhomirov, Professor, Head of Chair 
Ye. N. Toropov, Docent, Head of Chair 
Description: 
The Institute was established in 1954 to provide technical training 
in railway-transportation engineering. A Trudy of the Institute is pub- 
lished. Research in areas such as structural mechanics, electrochemistry, 
pneumatic transportation of materials, aerial photography, applied mathe- 
matics, and electronic communications has been reported. Specific courses 
of instruction include steam locomotives, utilization of railroads, 
railroad construction, and civil engineering. 
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Name: Belorussian Order of Labor Red Banner Agricultural Academy 
(Belorusskaya ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni sel 'skokhozyaystven- 
naya akademiya) 
Address: Gor'kiy, Mogilevskoy oblast’, Pervomayskaya ulitsa 
Director: I. F. Garkusha, Professor (1961) 
Deputy Director: F. K. Kuropatenko, Professor (1961) 
