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Address: Stalinabad 
Director: A. Solov'yev, Candidate (1958) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Tadzhik S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
P. B. Babadzhanov, Director of the "Meteor Patrol" Laboratory 
A. Bakharev 
O. P. Vasil 'yanovskaya 
Description: 
This institute, which was organized in 1933, was originally called 
the Stalinabad Astronomical Observatory. In 19585, it was renamed the 
Institute of Astrophysics. It is one of the main meteor observatories in 
the U.S.S.R., and during its operation, has investigated meteors, meteor 
dust, variable stars, and comets. Workers at the Institute have discovered 
at least three novae and one comet. The Institute participated in the 
International Geophysical Year by studying and recording meteoric activity 
photographically. The Institute developed an apparatus called the "Meteor 
Patrol" for this purpose. Meteor observations were also carried out here 
by radar and visual methods. The Institute is presently carrying out solar 
observations. A Trudy, a Byulleten’, and a Tsirkuliar are published by the 
Institute. Advanced degrees are granted. 
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Name: Institute of Atomic Energy imeni I. V. Kurchatov 
(Institut atomnoy energii imeni I. V. Kurchatova) 
Address: Moscow, ulitsa Kurchatova, 6 
Director: A. P. Aleksandrov, Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1960) 
Deputy Directors: V. V. Goncharov, Professor (1961) 
M. D. Millionshchikov, Corresponding Academician 
(WoBoSclRa }) (AGEL) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
Yu. A. Aleksandrov 
L. A. Artsimovich, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
A. I. Baz, Candidate 
S. I., Braginskiy, Corresponding Academician (Ladzhik S.S.R.) 
