522 (Continued) 
The Mica Synthesis Laboratory's research on the production of 
synthetic micas of the "metal-crystalline" type has been applied on a semi- 
industrial scale. 
A Sbornik Nauchnykh Trudov is published by the Institute. 
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Name: Irkutsk State University imeni A. A. Zhdanov 
(Irkutskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet imeni A. A. Zhdanova) 
Address: Irkutsk, Vuzovskaya naberezhnaya, 20 
Director: V. Ya. Rogov, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Directors: N. A. Vlasov, Docent (1961) 
B. V. Prokopiyev (1959) 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special 
Pr nia“ nducatlon, h.oeF ss sR. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. P. Bulmasov 
N. A. Florenson, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of 
Chair 
A. V. Kalabina, Docent, Head of Chair 
Yu. F. Kharkeyevich, Docent 
G. M. Kiryakov, Docent 
M. M. Kozhov, Professor, Head of Chair 
F. A. Kudryavtsev, Docent, Head of Chair 
M. S. Metsik, Docent 
I. A. Parfianovich 
L. A. Petrov, Docent, Head of Chair 
V. M. Polyakov, Docent, Head of Chair 
N. A. Reshetnikov, Docent 
S. A. Shipitsyn 
A. B. Shtykan 
Ye. V. Talalayev, Docent, Head of Chair 
Description: 
Irkutsk State University was founded in 1918. In 1960-1961, it 
reached an enrollment of about 4,600 students. It confers Candidate's 
Degrees. 
Research interests at the University include studies of alkali 
halide phosphors, splitting of mica crystals, discharge plasmas in an 
electric arc, electrical conductivity of diamonds, synthesis of insecto- 
fungicides from phenols, problems of map projection, and seismic zoning in 
East Siberia. 
