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Novgorod, Murmansk and Pskov Oblasts and <strong>the</strong> Karelian ASSR. The Chairman<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> council is on <strong>the</strong> Presidium <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> academy. The Interdepartmental Council<br />

has 14 scientific councils reporting <strong>to</strong> it.<br />

Chairman: Glebov, Igor A., D. Tech S. Born in 1914 in Petrograd (St. Petersburg).<br />

<strong>Russian</strong> specialist in electric power. Corresponding member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> academy since<br />

1974 and academician since 1976. He graduated from <strong>the</strong> M. I. Kalinin Leningrad<br />

Polytechnical Institute in 1938. He served in <strong>the</strong> Soviet army from 1941 <strong>to</strong> 1946.<br />

From 1946 <strong>to</strong> 1951 he was a staff member <strong>of</strong> a SRI <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> academy and <strong>of</strong> an SRI<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Food Processing Industry from 1951 <strong>to</strong> 1961. He joined <strong>the</strong> staff <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> All-<br />

Union SRI <strong>of</strong> Electric Machine Building in 1961, becoming its Direc<strong>to</strong>r in 1973.<br />

His works are on electric power systems, applications <strong>of</strong> ma<strong>the</strong>matical modeling in<br />

power engineering, design <strong>of</strong> electric machines and semiconduc<strong>to</strong>r converters. He<br />

is President <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> International Conference <strong>of</strong> Large High-tension Electric<br />

Systems. He was awarded a State Prize in 1968. Since l979, Chairman <strong>of</strong> Science<br />

and Technology Commission <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Union <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> USSR Supreme<br />

Soviet. Since l979, member <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Presidium <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> academy. Direc<strong>to</strong>r <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> All-<br />

Union Scientific Research Institute <strong>of</strong> Electrical Machine Building. Until 1989,<br />

Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> St. Petersburg Scientific Center that was founded in 1982 and <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> Interdepartmental Coordinating Council <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> USSR <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong>.<br />

member since 1943. (GSE 30, p. 385.)<br />

<strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> Library.<br />

Founded in 1714, <strong>the</strong> library is basically a library <strong>of</strong> natural and physical sciences. It<br />

coordinates a network <strong>of</strong> specialized academy libraries in St. Petersburg.<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>r: Leonov, Valerii P. Direc<strong>to</strong>r since April 1988.<br />

Deputy Direc<strong>to</strong>r: Liutva, K. V., C. Bio. S., Deputy Direc<strong>to</strong>r since July 1982.<br />

The <strong>Academy</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sciences</strong> in Moscow<br />

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