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Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. P. Burlaka 
M. N. Chumachenko 
A. S. Khokhlov 
Description: 
This institute was established in 1959 to work in the field of the 
chemistry of natural compounds and the chemistry of biologically active 
compounds. 
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Name: Institute of Chemistry of Petroleum and Mineral Salts 
(Institut khimii nefti i mineral 'nykh soley) 
Address: Gur'yev 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Kazakh S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
The Institute of Chemistry of Petroleum and Mineral Salts was 
established in 1960. It conducts research on effective methods of using 
oil by-products for plastics, synthetic fibers, flotation reagents, deter- 
gents, ion-exchange resins, and special bitumens. Geochemical, physical- 
chemical, and technological studies of potash fertilizer salts of the 
western Kazakh Republic have been made. Other fields of research are 
high-molecular hydrocarbons, radiation chemistry, and the chemistry of 
mineral salts and rare and trace elements. 
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Name: Institute of Chemistry of Plant Substances 
(Institut khimii rastitel'nykh veshchestv) 
Address: Tashkent, ulitsa Kuybysheva, 12 
Director: S. Yu. Yunusov (1961) 
