832 (Continued) 
Selected Staff Members: 
G. M. Avak"yants 
S. A. Azimov, Corresponding Academician (Uzbek S.S.R.) 
Ne V. Kurdub, Head, Polymer Physics Group 
A. S. Sadykov, Corresponding Academician (Uzbek S.S.R.) 
M. D. Yagudayev, Candidate, Head, Helio-Engineering Laboratory 
Description: 
A variety of projects in the fields of theoretical and applied 
physics has been carried out at this institute. A semiconductor battery for 
direct conversion of solar into electrical energy has been developed, and a 
solar furnace 15 to 20 meters in diameter is to be built for studying heat- 
resistant alloys and ceramics at high temperatures. The Institute also 
developed new high-voltage selenium rectifiers able to withstand frequent 
overloads. Research was conducted for the Soviet silk industry on the 
killing of silkworm pupa and preservation of silkworm cocoons with gamma rays. 
The effect of these rays on properties of natural silk are also being investi- 
gated at the Institute. In 1946, the Division of Theoretical Physics was 
formed as an independent unit within the Institute, and in 1948, the Labora- 
tory of Cosmic Rays was organized to study the interaction of cosmic rays 
with matter. 
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Name: Physical-Technical Institute 
(Fiziko-tekhnicheskiy institut) 
Address: Kazan' 
Director: Kh. M. Mushtari, Doctor (1960) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
R.S.F.S.R., for Coordination of Scientific 
Research (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. S. Alt*shuler, Professor 
N. S. Garif'yanov 
B. M. Khabibullin 
B. M. Kozyrev 
A. I. Rivkind 
G. S. Salikhov 
Description: 
Most of the work at this institute is in electron paramagnetic 
resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance. Electron paramagnetic resonance 
