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L. P. Linnik, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
D. D. Maksutov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
A. Markov, Doctor, Leader of the Group studying the moon 
O. A. Melnikov, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of the 
Division of Stellar Physiics 
A. P. Molchanov 
A. A. Nemiro, Doctor 
Yu. N. Pariyskiy 
N. N. Pavlov, Head of the Time Service 
D. Ye. Shchegolev, Head of the Stations for Sputniks 
Description: 
This 125-year-old observatory is referred to as the oldest scien- 
tific institution in the U.S.S.R. It is also the largest observatory in the 
world in terms of manpower. In 1958, the staff numbered LOO of whom 160 
were scientists. 
During World War II (1941), the Observatory's buildings were de- 
stroyed. However, the Observatory was rebuilt on the same location and the 
reconstructed Pulkovo Observatory was officially opened in May, 1954. 
Work is done in eight sections: fundamental astrometry, astro- 
nomical constants and variation in latitude, time service, photographic 
astronomy, stellar physics, solar physics, astronomical-instrument con- 
struction, and radio astronomy. 
The Observatory has two branch stations: (1) one at Nikolayev in 
the Ukraine, and (2) the Mountain Astronomical Station, The Observatory 
publishes an Izvestiya and a Trudy. 
Some of the newest equipment installed at the Observatory are the 
RM-700 reflector (a telescope with a metal 700-mm-diameter mirror), to be 
used for astrophysical observations and spectroscopy; the first Soviet two- 
channel-television telescope, housed in a special pavilion; and a 130-meter- 
diameter radio telescope. 
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Name: Main Geophysical Observatory imeni A. I. Voyeykov 
(Glavnaya geofizicheskaya observatoriya imeni A. I. Voyeykova) 
Address: Leningrad 
Director: M. I. Budyko, Doctor (1962) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Main Administration of the Hydrometeorological 
Service (1961) 
