862 (Continued) 
Deputy Director: N. V. Razumov (1962) 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R. (1962) 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. N. Alentanova, Head of Laboratory 
E. Fayzulin 
G. Nozdrin 
A. Sovorov 
Description: 
This institute, consisting of 12 laboratories with a staff of more 
than 100 scientists, is engaged in studies of the Earth. It operates a 
seven-station seismic system to study the Earth's crust in the transition 
zone between the continent and the ocean in the region of the Kurile- 
Kamchatka arc and the Pacific Ocean. 
863 
Name: Samarkand Institute of Soviet Trade imeni V. V. Kuybyshev 
(Samarkandskiy institut sovetskoy torgovli imeni V. V. Kuybysheva) 
Address: Samarkand, Kommmisticheskaya ulitsa, 17 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Union of Cooperatives of Consumer Societies, 
Uzbek S.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
In addition to its interest in economics, especially trade, the 
Institute has conducted research in organic and inorganic chemistry. It 
offers courses in trade economics, accounting, industrial trade, and 
grocery trade. 
864, 
Name: Saratov Agricultural Institute 
(Saratovskiy sel'skokhozyaystvennyy institut) 
Address: Saratov, ploshchad! Revolyutsii, 1 
