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Mining Institute imeni V. V. Vazhrushev, and since 1987 he has taught at the
Yakutsk State University where he has guided the research of nine aspirants for the
candidate degree. He has written 27 studies of which one is a significant
monograph and he has co-authored 79 publications of which four are major
monographs. He is Chairman of the Russian Group on International Mining in the
Arctic of the USA Committee, on the Scientific Council of the Siberian Department
for the Mechanics, Energetics, and Mining Sciences, and he is Chairman of the
Yakutsk Scientific Center of the Siberian Department of the Russian National
Academy.
Zhamoyda, Aleksandr I., D. GM. S. Born in 1921. Corresponding member of the
Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Mining Sciences Department since
December 1987. Since 1970, he has been the Director of the Geology Scientific
Research Institute located in Leningrad. It was established in 1932 and specializes
in regional geology and in prospecting methods. It is directly subordinate to the
Ministry of Geology. (LDA 89-11378.)
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Organization of the Leading Institutes: The O. Iurii Shmidt Physics of the Earth
Institute is organized into seven laboratories that have some 13 Departments; the V.
I. Vernadskii Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Institute is structured around
three divisions that have some 21 laboratories; the Geology Institute that dates back
to 1937 is one of the oldest of the Department's institutes and is organized into five
major divisions; the Geology of Ore Bodies, Petrography, Mineralogy and
Geochemistry Institute in Moscow dates from the 1950s and contains 12
laboratories, and the Mineralogy, Geochemistry and Crystal Chemistry of Rare
Elements Institute in Moscow includes six laboratories.
Geology, Geophysics, Geochemistry and Mining Sciences Research
Institutes: The research institutes directly subordinate to the Geology,
Geophysics, Geochemistry, and Mining Sciences Department in Moscow or whose
research is directed by the department are given below:
1. A. E. Fersman Mineralogical Museum in Moscow.
Located at 18, build 2. Leninskii ave., V-71. 117071/ Directed by
Professor Aleksandr A. Godovikov, tel. 952-00-67.
Retrospect: This museum dates back to St. Petersburg and 1716. It was moved to
Moscow in 1934. The museum houses major collections of minerals, gems and
meteorites from, Russia and the rest of the world. Its scientists conduct comparative
studies of minerals. Since 1984, its Director has been Aleksandr A. Godovikov, D.
GM. S.
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2. Geology (Geologic) Institute in Moscow.
7 pizevskii st. Moscow, 109017, tel. 230-80-29. Directed by
Corresponding Member Iurii G. Leonov. tel. 230-80-39.
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