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member of the General and Technical Chemistry Department of the Academy since
1979; and, academician since December 1987. Academician secretary to the
Department since June 1988 and since that date he has been a member of the
Presidium of the Academy and Vice President for the Chemotechnical Sciences
Sector. In 1987, he shared the N. D. Zelinskii Prize in organic chemistry with Kh.
M. Minachev, and V. V. Kharlamov.
The Biological Sciences are represented by Rem V. Petrov, D. Med. S. Born
in 1930. Academician of the Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Chemistry of
Physiologically Active Compounds Department (now the Physical and Chemical
Biology Department) since 1984. Also academician of the Academy of Medical
Sciences. Vice President of the academy for Biology since October 1988. He was
Editor-in-Chief of Science in Russia. In 1987, he received the I. I. Mechnikov Gold
Medal in recognition of his contributions to the chemical and biological sciences.
The Earth Sciences are represented by Nikolai P. Laverov. Born in 1930.
Corresponding member since 1979. Academician of the Geology, Geophysics,
Geochemistry, and Mining Department of the national academy since December
1987. Since 1987, he has been President of the Kirghizstan Academy of Sciences.
He was named vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences for the Earth
Sciences Section in October, 1988. Since 1990, he has been the Director of the
Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry Institute in
Moscow.
The Social Sciences are represented by Vladimir N. Kudriavtsev, D. Iur. S.
Born in 1923 in Moscow. Russian iurist. Vice President of the Academy for the
Social sciences since 1988. Corresponding member of the Philosophy and Law
Department of the Academy since 1974; and, academician since 1984. From 1952
to 1960 he taught and researched at the V. I. Lenin Military Political Academy. From
1960-63 he was Deputy Chief and Chief of organizational inspection division of the
Military Collegium of the Supreme Court of the former Soviet Union In 1963 he
joined the All-Union Institute for the Study of the Causes of Crime and the
Development of Crime Prevention Measures. From 1969 to 1973 he was Director of
that institute. Since l973, he has served as Director of the State and Law Institute in
Moscow that was established in 1938 and is Russia's most prestigious and
important facility for conducting research on governmental l, legal and political
affairs. Its research directly affects Russian legislation. His principal works are on
criminal law and criminology. Since l975, he has been Deputy Chairman of Soviet
Sociological Association, Moscow. Since l983, he has served as a member of the
Presidium of the Soviet Committee for the Defense of Peace. Since l985, he has
been member of the Presidium of the Academy. Since 1988, he has been the
Academician Secretary of the Philosophy and Law Department of the Academy.
(GSE 30, p. 536.)
The Geographic Regional Departments:
The Far Eastern Department is represented by Viktor I. Il’ichev (Ilichev), Born
in 1932 in the village of Tikhonovo, Vladimir Oblast. Russian hydrologist and
hydroacoustics specialist. Corresponding member of the Oceanology, Atmospheric
Physics, and Geography Department of the AN SSSR since 1976 and, academician
since 1981. He graduated from the University of Gorkiy in 1955. Between 1955
and 1974 he was on the Acoustics Institute staff. In 1974, he became director of the
Pacific Ocean Oceanology Institute in Vladivostok established in 1973 to study the
complex hydrophysics of water masses, sea swell, energy exchange, and the
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