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Description: 
Founded in 1938, the Institute conducts research and development 
work in the following areas: (1) physical-chemical processes and other 
phenomena that occur in the earth during the extraction of minerals; (2) 
extraction of minerals for increased productivity and safety of labor; (3) 
new and improved systems of mining; (4) mechanization of labor; (5) mine 
aerology; and (6) radioactive devices for use in the mining industry. A 
Trudy is published. 
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Name: Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 
(Institut gornogo dela i metallurgii) 
Address: Frunze 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Kirghiz S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute was organized in about 1961. Its purpose is to 
meet the demands of the Kirghiz coal, petroleum, and ore-mining industries, 
whose rapid rate of growth requires a substantial scientific base. The 
further development of existing mining and metallurgical processes and the 
determination of new ones are described as being important tasks of the 
Institute. The elaboration of scientific principles for new methods of open-= 
ing up the mineral wealth of the Kirghiz S.S.R. and new systems for rock 
blasting and rock crushing are envisaged, as well as process investigations 
in nonferrous and rare-metal metallurgy. 
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Name: Institute of Mining imeni A. A. Skochinskiy 
(Institut gornogo dela imeni A. A. Skochinskogo--IGD AN) 
Address: Moscow, l-y Akademicheskiy proyezd, 18 
Director: N. V. Mel'nikov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1962) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of The Council of Ministers, 
U.S.S.R., on the Fuel Industry (1962) 
