835 (Continued) 
Description: 
This institute is one of the largest and best equipped in the 
Soviet Union. The research staff ranges from 300 to 400 plus about 1,500 
technical assistants. Among its most outstanding scientists are the 1958 
Nobel Prize winners, Frank, Tamm, and Cherenkov. 
Tne Institute's research activities are very broad. Some of them 
are theoretical physics, cosmic radiation, solid-state physics, nuclear 
physics, especially particle acceleration, radioastronomy, semiconductors, 
spectroscopy, and parametric amplification. This institute is the center 
of Soviet research on lasers and masers. 
The Radio Astronomy Laboratory is the leading facility in the 
U.S.S.R. in the field of radioastronomy. The majority of the research of 
the Laboratory is conducted at the Oka Radioastronomical Station and the 
Crimean Scientific Station. 
The Dolgoprudnaya Scientific Station near Moscow is conducting 
research on cosmic rays. In addition, a cosmic radiation observatory and 
laboratory has been established in the Pamir Mountains. Construction has 
begun of a scientific high-altitude station in the Transilialatau Mountains 
50 kilometers from Alma Ata. This facility will study the interrelations 
of particles of cosmic radiation with matter. 
836 
Name: Planning-Design Technological Institute 
(Proyektno-Konstruktorsko-tekhnologicheskiy institut--PKTI) 
Address: Dnepropetrovsk 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Dnepropetrovsk Sovnarkhoz (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
This design institute has participated in several programs on the 
development of mechanization and automation in the ferrous metallurgy 
industry. They have also designed the technical plans for a pipe-coating 
shop. 
