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Description: 
The Yakutsk Branch of the Permafrost Institute was organized in 
1956. It conducts glaciological and geocryological research in the territory 
of the Yakutsk S.S.R., through both laboratory studies and expeditions. 
Investigations include surveying permafrost conditions in mineral-deposit 
areas and the preparation of plans for the industrial exploitation of these 
deposits. 
The Institute publishes a Trudy. 
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Name: North-Ossetian Pedagogical Institute imeni K. L. Khetagurov 
(Severo-Osetinskiy pedagogicheskiy institut imeni K. L. Khetagurova ) 
Address: Ordzhonikidze, ulitsa Markusa, 24 
Director: -=- 
Deputy Director: -= 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Education, R.S.F.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
F. S. Churikov 
V. G. Dyad'kin, Docent, Head of Chair 
D. A. Dzagurov, Professor, Head of Chair 
B. A. Tsutsiyev, Professor, Head of Chair 
Description: 
Research activities at this institute include studies of the deter- 
mination of the strength of concrete by resonance methods, modulus of 
elasticity and internal friction in metals, and effect of coloration and 
decoloration processes on the electrical conductivity of alkali-metal halide 
erystals. In mathematics, equations have been derived for problems in 
plasticity and supersonic gas flow. Courses of study at the Institute include 
Russian and native languages and literature, foreign languages, physics and 
fundamentals of production, mathematics, drafting, biology, chemistry, 
agriculture, and physical education. 
A Uchenyye Zapiski is published. 
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Name: North-Western Correspondence Polytechnic Institute 
(Severo-zapadnyy zaochnyy politekhnicheskiy institut) 
