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Selected Staff Members: 
Ne. I. Khalevin 
G. M. Voskoboynikov 
Description: 
This institute, formerly in the Ural Branch of the Academy of 
Seiences, U.S.S.R., comprises seven laboratories dealing with radioactive 
prospecting methods, electric prospecting, magnetic prospecting, regional 
geophysics, seismologic prospecting, electronics, and construction of geo- 
physical devices. It also has a Computation Department. 
The Institute was established to develop new methods of prospecting 
geophysics, as well as methods of geophysical investigation under the con- 
ditions prevailing in the Urals. It publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: Institute of Geophysics and Engineering Seismology 
(Institut geofiziki i inzhenernoy seysmologii) 
Address: Leninakan 
Director: A. G. Nazarov, Academician (Armenian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Armenian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute, organized in 1961, is the eightieth scientific- 
research institution of the Armenian Republic. The basic task of the In- 
stitute is to study the deep geological structure of the Armenian S.S.R. 
using geophysical means. Research will be conducted on the physical proper- 
ties of mountain rocks. Armenia will be divided into seismic regions, and 
a geophysical study of the effect of earthquakes on buildings will be made. 
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Name: Institute of High-Molecular Compounds 
(Institut vysokomolekulyarnykh soyedineniy--IVS) 
Address: Leningrad, 2-y Birzhevoy proyezd, 6 
Director: M. M. Koton, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
