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of Slavic Literature, and Sector for Structural Typology or Slavic Languages. 
Work has been done on the history of the Slavic peoples, their historical 
interrelations, their languages, and their culture. 
The Institute, which offers advanced degrees, has a Leningrad 
branch. 
It publishes Kratkiye Soobshcheniya, Uchenyye Zapiski, and Stat'i 
i Materialy po Bolgarskoy Dialektologii SSSR. 
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Name: Institute of Soil Science 
(Institut pochvovediniya) 
Address: Alma-Ata, ulitsa Kirova, 89 
Director: U. U. Uspanov (1958) 
Deputy Director: S. I. Sokolov (1953) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Kazakh S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This institute has conducted studies dealing with humus formation, 
soil changes after irrigation, microbiological processes in soils, strati- 
fied treatment of alkaline soil, and fertilizer utilization by plants. The 
Institute has produced area studies, such as those on the soils of the 
Kazakh S.S.R., and soil maps. It has a Department on Soil Microbiology. 
Candidate's Desrees are granted by the Institute, and a Trudy is published. 
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Name: Institute of Structures 
(Institut sooruzheniy) 
Address: Tashkent, ulitsa Abdully Tukayeva, 1 
Director: --= 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R. (1957) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
