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Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
Kh. M. Abdullayev, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head 
of Sector 
V. G. Avetikov 
S. T. Badalov 
A. K. Kasymov 
N. T. Kenesarin, Professor 
I. K. Khamrabayev, Professor 
Sh. K. Rasulev 
A. Sh. Shamansurov 
Sh. Sharakhmedov 
Description: 
The Institute of Geology is concerned with oil and gas development 
in the Uzbek S.S.R., predictions of oil and gas production, ground-water 
studies, and various geological surveys. Specialized studies of a geo- 
chemical nature are performed. Institute studies on trace-element distri- 
butions in ore bodies and various rock formations are expected to yield 
information valuable to the prospector, as well as to the field of mineral 
and ore-body origins. 
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Name: Institute of Geology and Geography 
(Institut geologii i geografii) 
Address: Vil'nyus 
Director: K. K. Belyukas, Academician (Lithuanian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Lithuanian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
P. Blinstrubas 
A. I. Buz 
V. Matulyavichyus 
B. I. Styro 
Description: 
This institute erected the first Soviet meteorology station to study 
the relation of atmospheric radioactivity to weather. Areas of research 
