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Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. A. Arbuzova 
M. I. Bessonov, Engineer 
S. Ye. Bresler, Doctor, Head of Laboratory 
S. N. Danilov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), 
former Director 
B. A. Dolgoplosk, Corresponding Meddeiniicdayn (UESZSeRee 
Head of Laboratory 
Ye. Hskin 
. Ya. Frenkel! 
- V. Kallistov 
A. Korotkov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
e. V. Kurshchinskiy, Doctor 
P. Mikhaylov 
I. Mosevitskiy 
I. Nikitin, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
N. Nikitin 
B. Ptitsyn 
M. Tsvetkov, Doctor, Head of Laboratory of Polymer Solutions 
N. Ushakov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of 
Laboratory 
A. Vansheydt, Head of cece y 
V. Vol'’kenshteyn 
L. A. Volkova 
NAOT SREQKPONnS 
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Description: 
The Institute of High-Molecular Compounds is one of the leading 
polymer-research institutes of the U.S.S.R., and is staffed with many 
important chemists and physicists. Organized in 1948, the Institute had 
seven laboratories. By 1958 the Institute had grown to include 
11 laboratories. 
The Institute is active in many phases of high-molecular-weight- 
compound research, for example, the synthesis of new polymers, heat- 
resistant polymers, fluoroplastics, heat-resistant transparent plastics, 
elemental-organic compounds, plastic scintillators, synthetic fibers from 
polyvinyl alcohol, ion-exchange resins, and synthetic rubber (including 
development of carboxylate and isoprene rubbers). The Institute has 
developed apparatus for the physical and mechanical testing of plastics. 
A research group, under the direction of Bresler and Vol'kenshteyn, 
is working in molecular biology and biochemistry. 
