787 (Continued) 
condensers of small capacitance. Other studies at the Institute have 
concerned the determination of waveguide parameters, the plastic elongation 
of metals, the microhardness of ferrite in carbon steel, and methods for 
checking optical dividing heads. 
The Institute was organized in 1944 and has a Time and Frequency 
Laboratory. 
788 
Name: Novosibirsk State University 
(Novosibirskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet ) 
Address: Novosibirsk 
Director: I. N. Vekua, Academician (U.S.S.R.) (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special 
Education, R.S.F.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
S. A. Khristianovich, Academician (U.S.S.R. ) 
M. A. Lavrent"yev, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
B. V. Ptitsyn, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
Yu. N. Rabotnov, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
S. L. Sobolev, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 4 
Description: 
Novosibirsk State University opened in 1959 as a part of the 
current expansion of scientific activity in Siberia. During the 1960-1961 
school year, about 600 students were enrolled. Prominent scientists from 
the various institutes of the Siberian Department, Academy of Sciences, 
U.S.5S.R., spend part of their time teaching at the University. Beginning 
with the third year of study, academic studies are transferred to the 
laboratories of particular institutes, where the students continue to work 
and study with the latest equipment. So far, the University has established 
courses in mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, and biology. 
789 
Name: Novozybkov State Pedagogical Institute 
(Novozybkovskiy gosudarstvennyy pedagogicheskiy institut) 
Address: Novozybkov, Leninskaya ulitsa, 11 
