380 (Continued) 
De V. Tseretel: 
L. A. Vladimirov, Doctor 
Description: 
Founded in 1945, the Institute is concerned primarily with research 
on the physical and economic geography of the Georgian Republic. It main- 
tains Departments of Cartography, Climatology, Economic Geography, Geomor- 
phology, Glaciology, Hydrology, Speleology, and Karst. 
The Institute has done extensive research on the population of 
Georgia, as regards its distribution, labor resources, economic and physical 
conditions, and regionalization, for the purpose of improving the distri- 
bution of agriculture and manufacturing. 
The Institute is preparing a geographic atlas of the Georgian 
S.S.R., to be published in 1962. 
381 
Name: Institute of Geography of Siberia and the Far East 
(Institut geografii Sibiri i dal'nogo vostoka) 
Address: Irkutsk 
Director: V. B. Sochava, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
R.S.F.S.R., for Coordination of Scientific 
Research (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
The Institute is working on problems connected with surveys of 
the Lake Baykal water basin. 
382 
Name: Institute of Geological Sciences 
(Institut geologicheskikh nauk) 
Address: Yerevan, ulitsa Pushkina, 12 
Director: S. S. Mkrtchyan, Academician (Armenian S.S.R.) (1962) 
