980 (Continued) 
Administrative Affiliation: -= 
Selected Staff Members: 
M. A. Khenokh 
Ye. M. Lapinskaya 
Description: 
The effects of gamma radiation on carbohydrates, proteins, and amino 
acids have been studied at this institute. Astronomical observatorions are 
also made to study lunar and solar eclipses and other astrophysical subjects. 
981 
Name: State Oceanographic Institute 
(Gosudarstvennyy okeanograficheskiy institut--GOIN) 
Address: Moscow, Kropotkinskiy pereulok, 6 
Director: I. I. Masyatsev (1960) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Main Administration of the Hydrometeorological 
Service of the Council of Ministers, U.S.S.R. 
(1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. S. Brovikov 
A. I. Duvanin, Doctor 
Be. Kh. Glukhovskiy 
Yu. M. Krylov, Doctor 
P. S. Lineykin, Doctor 
A. M. Muromtsev 
Yu. V. Preobrazhenskiy, Professor, Director of Leningrad Branch 
G M. Tauber, Doctor 
V. A. Tsikunov 
Ya. G. Vilenskiy 
Description: 
GOIN is the central oceanographic and marine hydrometeorological 
institute in the U.S.S.R. It specializes in research on the physics of the 
sea, oceanology, and marine hydrometeorological instruments. It is charged 
with studying the physical processes and phenomena of the seas and oceans 
in order to safeguard and solve problems of the fishing industry, maritime 
transport, maritime hydrotechnical construction, and other branches of the 
economy. 
