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Name: Polar Geophysics Institute 
; (Polyarnyy geofizicheskiy institut) 
Address: Murmansk 
Director: S. I. Isayev (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of the Council of Ministers, 
R.SeF.o.R., for Coordination of Scientific 
Research (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
Formerly known as the Murmansk Branch of the Scientific-Research 
Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radio-Wave Propagation 
this institute was established in 1960 to conduct studies in meteorology 
and physics of the upper atmosphere. A seismic station is maintained at 
Apatity. Interests of the Institute include terrestrial magnetism, aurora 
phenomena, cosmic rays, ionosphere chracteristics, and high-latitude 
propagation of radio waves. 
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Name: Poltava Agricultural Institute 
(Poltavskiy sel'skokhozyaystvennyy institut ) 
Address: Poltava, ulitsa Skovorody, 1/3 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Ukrainian S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
Ye. S. Gurzhiy, Docent 
V. A. Ivashchenko, Docent, Head of Chair 
A. V. Tishchenko, Docent, Head of Chair 
Description: 
Courses in agronomy and animal husbandry are taught at this institute. 
It publishes a Trudy. 
