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monographs have particular significance, and he is the co-author of 10 publications
of which two are monographs, of which “The History of Buriat Soviet Literature”
is one (1967). He teaches at the Buriat State Pedagogical Institute imeni Dorzhi
Banzarova where he has guided the work of three aspirants for the candidate
degree. He was on the Scientific Council on folklore of the AN SSSR and a
member of the coordination council for the comparative study of the Russian and
American cultures. In 1991, a new International Research Center for Northern
Territories Development in Siberia was established that links together the work of
scientists of three Siberian Department Institutes: the Institute of Cryoshpere of
Earth in Tiumen, the Institute of Physico-Engineering Problems of the North in
Yakutsk, and the Institute of Philology in Akademgorodok-Novosibirsk. As
Director of the Institute of Philology in Akademgorodok-Novosibirsk, Dr.
Soktoyev will play a major role in the development of this new international
research center.
(1997 update) Administration Institute of Philology of SB RAS
Director of the Institute
Corr.-member of RAS
Soktoev Aleksandr Badmaevich
Phone: +7(383-2) 35-68-21
Fax: +7(383-2) 35-77-91
E-mail: Alex@philology.nsk.su
The Institute was organized in 1991 from the former Institute of History, Philology, and
Philosophy. In the 1990s, the institute joined with the Institute of the Physico-
Engineering Problems of the North under corresponding member Larionov, and
with the Cryology of the Earth Institute under corresponding member Melnikov in
Tiumen to form a new International research Center for Northern Territories
Development in Siberia. The center will use organizations of the Yakutsk and the
Tiumen Scientific Centers in new collaborative research efforts on problems of
Northern Siberia. Its research thrusts include: the typological study of phonetics,
grammar and syntactical analysis of the linguistics in the Urals region. Some
persons involved in these studies include V. A. Avrorin, V. M. Nadeliaev, E. I.
Ubriatova, and M. I. Cheremisina. The institute is involved in a heavy publishing
program.
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20. The Boreskov Institute of Catalysis in Akademgorodok.
Established in 1958. From 1958 to 1986, the Director of the institute was corresponding
member of the AN SSSR G. K. Boreskov. Since 1986, the Director has been
Kirill I. Zamaraev, C. PM. S.
Brief Review of the Boreskov Iinstitute of Catalysis
The Boreskov Institute of Catalysis of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of
Sciences is a largest in the world specialized institute working in this field. The
Institute carries out fundamental and applied studies practically in all field of
catalysis: structural and mechanistic characterization at the molecular level of
various catalysts and catalytic reactions, chemistry of catalyst preparation, kinetic
stadies of catalytic processes, mathematical modeling and engineering of catalytic
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