1096 (Continued) 
by adsorption. Studies have been made of ketene reactions, condensation of 
tetrapropenyl tertiary dibromoalkenes, and synthesis of dialkylheptadecyl- 
earbinol. 
The University maintains a tracking station for artificial earth 
satellites. The University publishes a series of Doklady i Soobshcheniya 
and a Nauchnyye Zapiski. 
The courses of study available at the University include Russian 
language and literature, native language and literature of peoples of the 
U.S.S.R., history, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine. 
1097 
Name: Vannovsk Observation Station 
(Vannovskaya nablyudatel'naya stantsiya) 
Address: Kopet-Dag Mountains 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Institute of Physics and Geophysics, Academy of 
Sciences, Turkmen S.S.R. (1957) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
Observations of auroras and meteors are made at this station, which 
was built in 1957. 
1098 
Name: Velikiye Luki Agricultural Institute 
(Velikolukskiy sel'skokhozyaystvennyy institut) 
Address: Velikiye Luki, Pskovsk oblast’, ploshchad’ imeni Lenina, 1 
Director: A. K. Yermolayev, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, R.S.F.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: N. P. Tikhomirov, Professor, Head of Chair 
