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Selected Staff Members: 
A. M. Ekhin, Head of Chair 
E. A. Lukas, Dean 
A. Ya. Reyman, Head of Chair 
Description: 
The Institute was founded in 1952 for the purpose of training 
elementary-school teachers. In 1957, there were 900 students and 103 
instructors. 
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Name: Tallin Polytechnic Institute 
(Tallinskiy politekhnicheskiy institut) 
Address: Tallin, ulitsa Kalinina, 101 
Director: A. Ya. Aarmma, Corresponding Academician, Estonian S.S.R. (1961) 
Deputy Directors: Kh. Kh. Lepikson, Docent (1961) 
E. L. Schmidt, Candidate (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: State Committee of Higher and Secondary Special 
Education of the Council of Ministers, Estonian 
S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: 
A. V. Al'tma, Professor, Head of Chair 
R. K. Mozberg 
E. K. Piiroya 
Kh. T. Raudsepp, Professor 
O. M. Shteyn, Professor, Head of Chair 
E. A. Soonval'd, Docent, Head of Chair 
O. R. Terno, Candidate, Head of Chair 
I. Ya. Vabel'’, Professor, Head of Chair 
A. I. Vol'dek, Professor, Head of Chair of Industrial 
Electrification 
Description: 
The Institute, originally established in 1936, was named the Tallin 
Polytechnic Institute in 1941. Presently, it is considered one of Estonia's 
outstanding higher technical-education institutes. There are four faculties-- 
mechanics, construction, mining chemistry, and shipbuilding. It trains 
specialists in precision mechanics, automatics, telemechanics, electromeasur- 
ing devices and installations, etc. 
