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Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: 
I. Ye. Buchinskiy, Candidate 
N. I. Goysa 
Ve Me Muchnik 
G. F. Prikhot'ko 
Description: 
The Kiyev Geophysical Observatory, founded in 1855, was reorganized . 
in 1953 into Ukr NIGMI. It has helped develop meteorology and hydrology, 
particularly relative to the Ukraine. Through the use of information and — 
data collected by various stations, they have developed methods for fore- 
casting cloudiness, precipitation, thunderstorms, and river levels. The 
staff has also developed methods: for computing dispersed and summary 
solar radiation. 
The Institute has been active in experimenting on the production 
of artificially induced rainfall. Wind velocity, atmospheric heat exchange, 
and cloud electrification have been studied, special attention being given 
to their effect on climatic conditions. The Institute’s participation in 
the IGY included investigations of the relation between geophysical phenomena 
in the atmosphere and the lower stratosphere. 
A Trudy is periodically published by the Institute. 
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Name: Ukrainian Scientific-Research Institute for the Leather and Footwear 
ieee nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut kozhevenno-obuvnoy 
promyshlennosti--Ukr NIKP) 
Address: -- 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- ee 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: A. A. Kuz'menko 
Description: 
This institute specializes in the chemistry of leather processing. 
It has studied the properties of various tanning agents. The Institute 
publishes a Trudy. 
