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Description: 
This institute was organized in 1940. Training is given in general 
agriculture and related sciences, and considerable research has been done in 
inorganic chemistry, hydraulics, and mechanics. Some specific courses of- 
fered include agronomy, viniculture, animal husbandry, and mechanization of 
agriculture. A Trudy of the Institute is published. 
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Name: Kishinev State University 
(Kishinevskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) 
Address: Kishinev, ulitsa Pirogova, 65 
Director: V. S. Chepurnov, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Directors: V. G. Klimenko, Professor (1961) 
I. P. Rakul, Docent (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Education, Moldavian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. V. Ablov 
V. N. Andreyev, Professor, Head of Chair 
A. T. Borshch, Docent, Head of Chair 
M. V. Kot, Docent 
B. Ye. Mel'nik, Docent, Dean 
Yu. Ye. Perlin 
Ye. P. Pokatilov 
N. A. Polotebnoa, Docent, Dean 
V. I. RyKov 
D. Ye. Shemyakov, Docent, Head of Chair 
A. M. Shur 
V. A. Sidorov, Docent, Head of Chair 
V. P. Sychev 
V. V. Vitia, Party Secretary 
Description: 
Founded in 1945, Kishinev University is one of the most important 
educational centers in the Moldavian Republic. Enrollment for the 1960-1961 
school year was 6,600. The University grants Candidate's Degrees. 
Staff and students at the University have performed considerable 
research on the physical properties of semiconductor materials. In the 
Laboratory for Semiconductors, a new measuring thermoelement has recently 
been developed. Among the materials investigated are zinc selenide, zinc 
telluride, indium selenide, aluminum selenide, gallium arsenide, cadmium 
