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The Institute administers the Publishing House of Eastern Litera- 
ture. Its publications are "The History, Economics, and Culture of the 
Peoples of Asia and Africa" (Narody Azii i Afriki. Istoriya Ekonomika, 
Kul'tura) and "Asia and Africa Today". 
The Institute has a Division in Leningrad. Advanced degrees are 
conferred. 
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Name: Institute of the Physics of Metals 
(Institut fiziki metallov--IFM AN SSSR) 
Address: Sverdlovsk 
Director: --= 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. I. Arkharov, Doctor 
N. N. Buynov 
I. G. Fakidov 
M. G Gaydukov 
K. A. Malyshev 
M. N. Mikheyev, Doctor 
S. A. Nemnonov 
V. A. Paylov 
N. M. Rodigin 
VY. D. Sadovskiy, Professor 
Ya. S. Shur 
S. V. Vonsovskiy, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R. Academy) 
Description: 
Until mid-1958, this institute was subordinate to the Ural Branch 
of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. In mid-1958, it was transformed into 
an independent research institute of the Academy. Primarily, the Institute 
conducts research on the physical properties of metals. Some of its 
laboratories are: 
Precision-Alloy Laboratory 
Diffusion Laboratory 
Mechanical-Properties Laboratory 
Physical-Metallurgy Laboratory 
Special-Alloys Laboratory 
'Magnetic-Structural-Analysis Laboratory. 
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