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Processing. Survey research bases are maintained in Gorkiy, Leningrad and in the
Moldavian SSR. The institute does basic and practical sociological research. The
numbers of the current membership of the AN SSSR Department by the decade of
their appointment is shown in Figure 43. These figures suggest a relative stability of
turnover of membership in the Department.
Philosophy and Law Department Research Institutes:
The research institutes directly subordinate to the Department, are given below in the order
of their founding:
1. State and Law Institute in Moscow.
Located at Znamenka st., 10, Moscow, G-19. 119841. for telegrams:
Moscva G-19, INPRAV. Directed by Academician Boris N. Topornin.
tel. 291-88-16.
Topornin, Boris N. Born in 1929. Corresponding member of the Philosophy and Law
Department of the Academy since December 1987; academician in 1993. The State
and Law Institute in Moscow is under the direction of Boris N. Topornin, It traces
its beginnings back to the establishment of a section on Soviet Construction at the
Socialist Academy--the Communist Academy--in 1923 and was initially organized
as the Soviet Construction Institute in 1925. It passed through several name
changes and reorganizations until in 1960 its present name was finally adopted. He
is presently Academician Secretary of the Philosophy, Sociology and Law
Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Retrospect: This institute traces its beginnings back to the establishment of a section on
Soviet Construction at the Socialist Academy--the Communist Academy--in 1923
and was initially organized as the Soviet Construction Institute in 1925. It passed
through several name changes and reorganizations until in 1960 its present name
was finally adopted. The institute is under the direction of Boris N. Topornin, an
academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It does research on governmental
l, legal and political affairs. Its research directly affects Soviet legislation. It has a
staff that includes over 100 scientists who hold the doctoral degree and over 120
who hold candidate degrees. It counts one academician and three corresponding
members of the national academy among its members.
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Institutional structure: In addition to the four Departments into which it is organized,
the institute also maintains some 35 research sectors and groups. The four
Departments of the institute include:
(1.) theory of the state and the law;
(2.) legal problems of economic and social development;
(3.) international law problems of the state and law in foreign countries, and
(4.) the information Department.
Scientific Personnel: Director Kudriavtsev, Vladimir N., D. Iur. S., since '73; Deputy
Directors: Kazimirchuk, Vladimir P., since '78; Lunev, Aleksandr E., D. Iur. S.,
since '67; Movchan, Anatoli P., C. Iur. S., since '75; Pustogarov, Vladimir V.,
since '83; Sheremet, Konstantin F., since '77; Tikhomirov, Iurii A., D. Iur. S.,
since '73; and, Vasiliev, Andrei M., since '80.(See: Ruble, Vol. I., pp. 440-
442. This is a well-documented statement on this institute.)
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