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(5.) the Magmatic Tectonics Laboratory: Viatcheslav A. Popeko, C. Geol. S.,
Leningrad State University graduate in 1959, and current position in 1972;
(6.) the Geology of Oil and Gas Basins Laboratory: Dr. Vitalii G. Varnavskii,
Novotcherkassk Polytechnical Institute graduate in 1952, present position in 1980;
(7.) the Fluid Systems Laboratory: Nikolai V. Berdnikov, C. Geol. S. Novosibirsk
State University graduate in 1975, and current position in 1975;
(8.) the Geophysical Instruments Laboratory: Iurii M. Krinitcin, Novosibirsk
State University graduate in 1970, present position in 1984.(Information
provided in a letter dated 20 November 1991 from Honorable
Director Dr. Iurii A. Kosygin.)
In 1989, personnel included: Deputy Directors: Podkaminer, O., since '72; and
Romanovskii, Nikolai P., since '82; Scientific Secretary Vrublevskii, Anatoli A.,
C.GM. S., since '77.
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9. Marine Biology Institute in Vladivostok.
Kas’ianov (Kasianov), Vladimir L. Born in 1940. Corresponding member of the
Academy in 1993. Since 1979 he has been the Deputy Director of the Marine
Biology Institute in Vladivostok which was created in 1970 to study the
distribution, composition of marine life and the biology of the Far Eastern seas. In
1991, he was named Director of the Institute replacing Dr. Zhirmunskii.
Founded in 1967 as the Marine Biology Division and in 1970 it became the Institute of
Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Science Center (now department). It was
established by Alexei V. Zhirmunskii who directed it until succeeded by Vladimir
L. Kasianov in 1988 and who is its current Director (1991). The staff of the
institute totals 554 persons, which includes 196 research workers, 15 doctors of
science and 107 candidates of science. The institute is comprised of 24 laboratories,
the Far East State Marine Reserve, the Mariculture Preserve "Vostok" and four
biological stations: "Vostok" near Nakhodka, "Stark" on Popov Island,--both of
these are in the Peter the Great Bay of the Sea of Japan--and "Sokol" on Sakhalin
Island, and "Raduga" on Kamchatka. Scientific objectives of the institute include
the study of species composition, distribution and ecology of marine flora and
fauna; estimation of biological productivity of shelf zones of the far eastern seas of
the USSR and adjacent waters of the Pacific Ocean; the development of scientific
foundation of efficient utilization, preservation and restoration of living resources of
the shelf; biological problems of mariculture, and the study of adaptations,
ontogenesis and evolution of marine organisms. The institute conducts a Junior
Academy of Marine Biology to prepare youngsters to study Marine Biology, and
provides the base for the Chair of Marine Biology of the Biological Faculty at the
Far East State University. Structure and Scientific Personnel: Honorary Director
Aleksei V. Zhirmunskii, D. Bio. S., since 1967 and since 1970; Present Director
Vladimir L. Kasianov, since 1988; Deputy Directors: Dr. Sergei L. Kondrashev-over
10 laboratories; Dr. Mikhail l. Glubokovskii--over seven laboratories; Dr.
Valerii I. Fadeev--over seven laboratories and the Far East State Marine Reserve,
the Research Fleet and the Diving Service. The Scientific Secretary is Dr. Tamara
A. Terekhova and the managing Director for the institute is Nikolai V. Lobov.
[The Kondrashev Laboratories]
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