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Description: 
This institute was formerly the Laboratory of Volcanology and was 
located in Moscow. It was transferred from Moscow to Kamchatka in order to 
concentrate the efforts of the volcanologists. In 1962 the Laboratory became 
an institute. One of its areas of intensive research is the problem of 
tsunami (storm waves). Problems of volcanological regioning, volcanotectonic 
structures of southern Kamchatka, and origin of the rivers and magnetization 
of the igneous rocks of Armenia have also been emphasized. A Trudy is 
published. 
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Name: Institute of Water Problems and Hydro-Engineering 
(Institut vodnykh problem i gidrotekhniki) 
Address: Tashkent, ulitsa Abdully Takayeva, 1 
Director: R. A. Alimov, Corresponding Academician (Uzbek S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R. (1959) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
Scientific activities of the Institute of Water Problems and Hydro- 
Engineering include studies of water intake by various types of soils, 
problems of the dynamics of subsoil water, diffusion of waters and saline 
solutions through porous materials, and general ground-water-resource studies. 
In 1959, in conjunction with the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Academy of 
Sciences, Uzbek S.S.R., the Institute was working on problems connected with 
the development of the Hungry Steppe (Golodynaya Step’). 
The Institute grants the Candidate's Degree. 
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Name: Institute Teploproyekt 
(Institut teploproyekt ) 
Address: -- 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
