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M. I. L'vovich, Head of Department of Hydrology 
V. V. Pokshishevskiy, Head of Department of Economic Geography 
of the U.S.S.R. 
K. M. Popov, Head of Department of Geography of Capitalist 
Countries 
GD. Rikhter, Professor, Head of Department of Physical Geography 
R. Yu. Veniyeri, Head of Polar-Ural Expedition 
V. T. Zaychikov, Doctor, Head of Department of Geography of Peoples 
Democracies 
Description: 
- Founded in 1931, the Institute's scientific activities are concen- 
trated on physical and economic geography. In addition to geographical 
studies on the U.S.S.R. and foreign countries, much glaciological and 
climatological research has been done within the program of the IGY. Recent 
activities include a map showing secular pulsations of the earth's crust 
in the western European U.S.S.R. and studies determining the characteristics 
of the ice domes of Franz Josef Land. 
The Institute has 11 research departments: (1) Biogeography, 
(2) Cartography, (3) Climatology, (4) Economic Geography of the U.S.S.R., 
(5) Geography of Capitalist Countries, (6) Geography of Peoples Democracies, 
(7) Geomorphology, (8) Glaciology, (9) History of Geography, (10) Hydrology, 
and (11) Physical Geography. In addition, it maintains laboratories of 
pollen analysis, biochemical analysis, photography, and stereogrammetry. 
It maintains four field stations, one near Moscow, one in the northern 
Urals, one in Novaya Zemlya, and one in the Tian'-Shan’. Izvestiya 
Akademii Nauk S.S.S.R., Seriya Geograficheskaya, is based mainly on the 
work of the Institute. 
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Name: Institute of Geography imeni Vakhushti 
(Institut geografii imeni Vakhushti) 
Address: Tbilisi, ulitsa Chimadze, 8 
Director: A. N. Dzhavakhishvili, Academician (Georgian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Georgian 5.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. F. Aslanikashvili 
G. D. Dondua 
G G. Gvelesyani 
L. Yu. Maruashvili 
