857 (Continued) 
Geologists at the University have contributed to forecasts of 
industrial coal, oil, and gas deposits in the Eastern Donets Basin. 
In the areas of biology and soils, studies range from promoting 
plant growth in salt-ridden lands and other adverse environmens to neuro- 
physiological research. Other projects include experiments with insect- 
control methods and parasite-resistant fish. An Institute of Biology is 
associated with the University. Its research activities are restricted to 
genetics and radiobiology. 
The University offers courses in geology and exploration of mineral 
deposits, jurisprudence, Russian language and literature, history, electron- 
ics, mathematics, mechanics, physics, chemistry, botany, zoology, and physical 
geography. 
A Uchenyye Zapiski and a Sbornik Studencheskikh Nauchnykh Rabot are 
published. 
858 
Name: Rovno State Pedagogical Institute 
(Rovenskiy gosudarstvennyy pedagogicheskiy institut) 
Address: Rovno, Vostochnaya ulitsa, 21 
Director: P. V. Yovu, Candidate (1961) 
Deputy Director: --- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Education, Ukrainian S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: G. I. Khromov, Docent, Head of Chair 
Description: 
The Institute offers courses in native language, literature, and 
singing, elementary-school instruction methods, Russian language, literature, 
and history, and mathematics and physics. 
859 
Name: Ryazan’ Agricultural Institute imeni Professor P. A. Kostychev 
(Ryazanskiy sel'skokhozyaystvemyy institut imeni professora P. A. 
Kostycheva) 
Address: Ryazan’, ulitsa Sverdlova, 26 
Director: M. I. Salikov, Professor (1961) 
