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Selected Staff Members: 
F. M. Gerasimov, Head of Laboratory 
B. K. Ioannisiani, Head designer for Astronomical Instruments 
A. Lebedev, Academician (U.S.S.R.), Head of Division 
P. Linnik, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
V. K. Prokof'yev, Professor 
M. Rusinov, Professor 
G. Samartsev, Professor, Head of Laboratory of Corrosion and 
Protective Coatings 
A. N. Terenin, Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
N. E. Tsarevskiy, Professor 
A. I. Tudorovskiy, Corresponding Academician (U.S.S.R.) 
V. Ve Vargin, Doctor, Head of Laboratory 
Description: 
Organized in 1918, the Institute grants both the Candidate's and 
the Doctor's Degrees. Recent activities have included research or develop- 
ment related to high-speed photography and cinematography, high-speed 
cameras, photoconductivity and semiconductors, nuclear-emulsion technology, 
electrophotography, optical range finders, spectral-analysis instrumentation, 
and optical-glass chemistry. A Trudy is published. 
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Name: State Planning and Scientific-Research Institute of the Nickel, 
Cobalt, and Tin Industry 
(Gosudarstvennyy proyektnyy i nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut 
nikelevoy-kobal'tovoy i olovyanoy promyshlennosti--Gipronikel ' ) 
Address: Leningrad, Nevskiy prospekt, 30 
Director: S. Sheremet'yev (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: 
VY. L. Kheyfets, Candidate 
D. M. Shvarts 
Description: 
The Institute, which was established during the post-war period, 
is one of the better organized in the U.S.S.R., being especially noted for 
its cooperation with industry and other institut#s. Its cooperative 
ventures have included studies on steel improvement, but the emphasis has 
