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Yu. P. Maslakovets, Professor 
I. V. Mochan, Doctor, Head of Laboratory 
Yu. N. Obraztsov 
G. Ye. Pikus, Candidate 
A. G Samoylovich, Professor 
S. S. Shalyt, Doctor 
I. A. Smirnov 
G. A. Smolenskiy, Professor, Head of Laboratory 
L. S. Stil'bans, Candidate, Head of Laboratory 
V. K. Subashkev, Candidate 
V. P. Zhuze, Candidate 
Description: 
The Institute of Semiconductors was established in 1955 under the 
direction of the late A. F. Ioffe. The primary task of the Institute is to 
study the electrical, optical, thermal and mechanical properties of semi- 
conductors, to search for new semiconductor materials, to develop new 
semiconductor devices, and to find new applications for semiconductors in 
industry. The Institute has been instrumental in the development of 
thermobatteries and the application of semiconductors to metering devices, 
voltage stabilizers, and transformers. They have utilized solar energy for 
heating homes, and have studied high-temperature semiconductors as well as 
gaseous and liquid semiconductors. Electrical conductivity in a magnetic 
field has been recently reported on, as have plasma diffusion in a magnetic 
field and crystal studies. Other recent studies have concerned direct energy 
conversion using semiconductor devices and thermoelectric refrigeration. 
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Name: Institute of Slavic Studies 
(Institut slavyanovedeniya) 
Address: Moscow, Trubenkovskiy pereulok, 30-a 
Director: I. I. Udal'tsov, Candidate (1960) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: M. N. Tikhomirov, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
Description: 
This institute, organized in 1946 by combining the Sector of Slavic 
Studies with the Slavic Commission of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., 
is a complex one. The staff includes historians, linguists, and literature 
specialists. The Institute has a number of sectors: Sector of History of 
the Slavic Peoples, Language Sector, Sector of Slavic Philology and History 
