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Description: 
This institute, formerly under the Kazan"’ branch of the Academy of 
Sciences, U.S.S.R., studies petroleum formations and oil prospecting. It 
emphasizes the geological interpretation of anomalies in such formations, ; 
particularly in the Devonian formation of the southeastern Tataria region. 
It publishes a Trudy. 
iT 
Name: Geological Institute 
(Geologicheskiy institut) 
Address: Syktyvkar 
Director: Yu. P. Ivensen (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
R.S.F.S.R., for Coordination of Scientific 
Research (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute, formerly under the Komi branch of the Academy of 
Sciences, U.S.S.R., studies the geology of the Komi region. A new labora- 
tory has been organized within the Institute to estimate the age of rocks 
and minerals. 
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Name: Geophysics Institute 
(Geofizicheskiy institut) 
Address: -- 
Director: S. Litvinov, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Director: --= 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
