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Description: 
Academic training is given in general agriculture and related 
sciences. Specific courses include agronomy, animal husbandry, hydro- 
melioration, forestry, veterinary medicine, logging, woodpulp, and soil 
science. The Candidate's Degree is offered, and a Trudy is published. 
Research work has involved agricultural instruments, hydraulics, 
packaged foods, and applied mathematics. 
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Name: Latvian State University imeni Petr Stuchki 
(Latviyskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet imeni Petra Stuchki) 
Address: Riga, bul’var Raynisa, 19 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: A. Ya. Ozol, Docent (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of Higher and Secondary Special 
Education of the Council of Ministers, Latvian 
S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members; 
E. Arin', Candidate, Director of Computer Center (1961) 
Ya. L. Engel'son 
Yu. Ya. Eyduk 
E. Zh. Freydenfel 'd 
A. P. Grigulis, Docent, Head of Chair 
O. P. Grinberg, Docent, Head of Chair 
EH. Yue Gudrinietse 
A. F. Iyevin'sh, Professor 
L. Lepin’, Academician (Latvian S.S.R.) 
L. Osipov 
E. Ya. Riyekstynsh, Docent, Head of Chair of General Mathematics 
I. M. Shirkov, Professor, Head of Chair 
G. Ya. Vanag, Professor 
Description: 
Latvian State University was opened in 1919. Its enrollment was 
about 5,000 for the 1960-1961 school year. The University grants Candidate's 
Degrees. 
Research interests at the University are largely dominated by 
chemistry and ceramics. Studies have been performed on the depolymerization 
of polycaprolactam, sulfonation of aromatic and hydroaromatic compounds, 
polycyclic heterocyclic compounds, decomposition of ammonia, luminescent 
