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Selected Staff Members: 
A. F. Anishchenko, Docent, Head of Chair 
M. A. Bezborodov, Academician (Belorussian S.S.R.), Head of Chair 
of Glass and Silicates, Head of Scientific-Research Laboratory 
for Special Problems of Glass and Silicates 
Z. Z Dudich, Docent, Head of Chair 
E. I. Fel'dshteyn, Professor 
L. B. Geyler, Professor 
G. M. Kokin, Professor, Co-Head of Laboratory of Automation 
L. D. Mazelev 
V. D. Mazurenko 
E. Kh. Odel'skiy, Academician (Belorussian S.S.R.), Head of Chair 
F. A. Opeyko, Professor, Head of Chair 
A. A. Pavlovskiy, Docent, Head of Chair 
O. V. Roman, Docent 
A. I. Rutskiy, Docent, Dean 
N. I. Shinkevich, Docent, Dean 
S. L. Solomakho, Docent, Head of Chair 
V. N. Treyyer, Corresponding Academician (Belorussian S.S.R.) 
I. S. Tsitovich, Docent, Head of Chair, Head of Laboratory of 
Automation 
L. A. Zhunina, Docent 
Description: 
Also known as the Minsk Polytechnic Institute and the Stalin 
Polytechnic Institute, this facility has developed into an important 
technical-education center, since its organization in 1933. Over 5,000 
students attend its day and evening courses, studying 18 specialties in 
eight departments. The faculty exceeds 300, and the chairs of this insti- 
tute are numerous. In 1961, it graduated more than 1,400 engineers. 
The Institute helps industrial enterprises. For example, to cope 
with the expansion of the peat industry, a course was opened in 1952 to train 
engineers in the development of peat deposits. 
Originally its specialities included electric power stations, 
systems, and networks; hydraulic engineering; mechanics; and power engi- 
neering. However, in 1954 a department of textile industry was opened, and 
two specialities, automobile construction and smelting technology, were added. 
Some of their most notable research has been done on glasses--their 
properties, production, and applications. In March, 1957, a problem labora- 
tory was organized at the Department of Glass and Silicates. It is equipped 
with an electronic microscope, X-ray installations, a high-frequency electric 
smelting furnace, and an experimental plant for the synthesis of glass. 
Research concerning glass-production methods and investigations aimed at the 
detection of the connection between the Quality of glass materials and their 
chemical composition and structure is the main task of the Department. 
