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Address: Ufa 
Director: -=- 
Deputy Director: <- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
R.S.F.S.R., for Coordination of Scientific 
Research (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute was founded in the Bashkir Branch, Academy of 
Seiences, U.S.S.R. Interest has been indicated in the fractionation of 
hydrocarbons (probably petroleum cuts) to obtain chemicals for the synthesis 
of polymers, and research has been done on petroleum with a high sulfur 
content. 
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Name: Institute of Organic Synthesis 
(Institut organicheskogo sinteza) 
Address: Riga 
Director: S. A. Giller, Academician (Latvian S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: M. Shimanskaya, Candidate (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Latvian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
E. Lukevits 
G. Ya. Vanag, Academician (Latvian S.S.R.) 
Description: 
This institute has been contributing to the development of raw 
materials for the Soviet plastics industry. In this context, work on the 
synthesis of furfural and its derivatives and on the vapor-phase oxidation 
of formaldehyde to glyoxal has been reported. In cooperation with the 
Leningrad Textile Institute imeni S. M. Kirov, a bacteriostatic fiber was 
developed from nitrofuran compounds. The Institute has established a labor- 
atory in the Riga Paint and Varnish Factory to investigate "on-the-spot" 
problems. A Conference on Heterogeneous Catalytic Oxidation of Organic 
Substances was organized by the Institute in June, 1961. Particular 
