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Name: Water-Power Institute 
(Vodno-energeticheskiy institut--VENI) 
Address: Yerevan, ulitsa Kirova, 12 
Director: A. K. Ananyan, Professor (1958) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Academy of Sciences, Armenian S.S.R. (1961) 
Selected Staff Members: -- 
Description: 
The Institute's main responsibility is to study and promote the 
development of the Armenian electric-power system. Much research is done on 
power generation, power-generation equipment (hydraulic turbines, generators, 
etc.), and power transmission. Other areas of research have included 
hydrodynamics, topology, artificial atmospheric precipitation, natural water 
systems, and irrigation. The Institute has built a high-speed electronic 
digital computer, has developed environmental testing methods for insulation 
and protective materials, and has done much work on the simulation of water- 
power systems, especially for the study of hydraulic impact. 
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Name: Yakutsk State University 
(Yakutskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) 
Address: Yakutsk, Oktyabr'skaya ulitsa, 33 
Director: I. G. Popov, Docent (1961) 
Deputy Director: I. M. Romanov, Docent (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special 
Education, R.S.F.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
M. A. Alekseyev 
M. F. Druzhinina, Docent, Head of Chair 
S. Ye. Mastakhov 
T. N. Pliyev, Candidate 
Description: 
Since the establishment of Yakutsk University in 1956, staff members 
have published reports of research in physical chemistry, ionization by 
