DATA ON SOVIET INSTITUTES WORKING IN ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

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• Publication Date: September 14, 1953
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SECI1EiITY INFpRAfATZzON
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY
SUBJECT
HOW
DATE OF 1947 - 1950,
INFORMATION 1953
PUBLISHED Monthly periodicals, book
WHERE
PUBLISHED Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED 1947 - 1953
LANGUAGE Russian
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
DATA ON SOVIET IliSTl.'UIES WORKING IN
ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGIP~tING
~omment: The following presents information on Soviet insti-
tutes working in electronics and electrical engineering. Nwnbers
in parentheses refer to appended sources
The following works and scientists ha?:e been identified with the institu-
tions Hared.
Ffoscow Power Engineering Institute imeni ldolotov (MEI)
JCoc~r, V. G., "Selenium i?ectifiers." (1)
Bragin, S. !?i,, "High-Voltage Cable Lines in Electric Power Systems." (1)
Ion!cin, P. A., "Equivalent Circuits for Electrical Networks With Mag-
netic Coupling." (1)
Gorolchov, It. V,, "Sin,^,le-phase Induction Regulators.'' (1)
Glazunov, A. A., "The Dependence of Los; Time on the Duration of D1axi-
mum Load and Power Factor." (1)
Lo.::onosov, V. Yc., "The Electric Field of Three-Phase Cables." (2)
Petrov, V. P., "Automatic Regulator Controls of Streetcars," (2j
Morozov, D. P., "The Theory of Transient Processes of Electric Drives
With Flexible Couplings." (3)
Zhdanov, P. S. Reported to be director of the Chair of Electric Net-
works and Syst=ms. (4)
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Trukhanov, A, A,, Shershov, S. F., Rozenman, A, S. Kheyeter, I. M,,
Gluzunov, A, p,, and Gludinskiy, P, G. Participated in a discussion on the
'Waste of Metal and Decreasing the Power Loseea in the Electrification System
The following were mentioned in connection with the institute in an
article written by I, I. Grudinakiy and I. I. Lebedev; G. N. Petrov, V. A,
Fabrikant, A, I. ICandalov, A, V. Shcheglyayev, M. P, Vukalovich, $; ys,
Polivanov, and T, L, Zolotarev, (5)
Gutkin, L, S,, "Theory of Superregenerative Receivers," (6)
Kharkov Electrical Et ineering Institute
Aronov, R, L., "Heating of Electric tiotors During Repeated Short-Time
Duty," (7)
ttayevskiy, 0. A., "Generalized Diagram for Ionic Electric Drive Opera-
tion." (7)
The following is taken from an article by A, L, Vsyner,
Fourteen professors (two of them academicians), four doctors of science,
38 docents (25 candida'.es of science), and 62 other scientific workers con-
ducted important work throughout the war period, Their primary effort was
directed toward the development of new electrical equipment for the petroletun
industry, new hig:t-temperature electric furnaces, and new methods for pro-
tecting electrical equipment from lightning, The institute was able to pro-
duce a unique lightning generator capable oP producing bolts having charges
uP to a,4 million volts, This generator is the largest and most powerful in
the USSR,
1?Iany associates of the institute were in the service during the war and
conducted research wor4 under uctual front-Line conditions. Prof Dr 0. Bron,
Engineer-Colonel, carried out important research on magnetic mines, Bron
was awarded the Order of the Fatherland filar First Class and the medal "For
the Defense of Sevastopol'." Bron was aided in some of his research by
I1. A. 3abakov, Candidate of Technical Sciences.
In 1942. Docent I. 1?t_ hovtun completed, at N Plant, a series of very
important studies on starters and generators. The results of these studies
were later applied to tan'r, production.
Durin3 1911 and 1942, much wcrlc was done on methods for the utilization
of evacuated equipment for the benefit of industry, Prof Dr R. L. Aronov
and Prof A. L. batveyev were active in this work. For example, the insti-
tute was able to innrove the operation of circular saws at the Kbar'kov
Electromechanical Plant, In addition, Prof R. L, Arcncv studied the
amortiasear ?.aindings of generators, Matveyev, who for many years had been
studying the phenomena of elect^ic currents, put into practice many methods
for the conservation of electric Hower, particularly as it applies in the
metal-cutting industry, tIe also supervised work conducted at the Power
Engineering Institute of the Academy of Sciences Ukrainian SSR on power con-
servation per unit item produced. Matveyev's theories were giv,~n practical
application at several plants in the Urals and in i4osrow. The methods sug-
gested by t?iatveyev for conserving power were adopted by the Commission of
the Division of Industrial Power Engineerir~3i People's Commissariat of
Power Stations USSR, for t:se by metal-cutting enterprises. In addition,
6Sntveycv conducted experiments in 'the Urals at the Power Engineerit}q
Institute of the Academy of Sciences tJlsainian SSR on efficient methods
for powe:? supply of industrial enterprises.
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In conjunction with the rapid expansion of electrical networks in the
Urals and in Siberia, many problems arose with respect to the performance
of electrical networks under various climatic conditions, Much research
wsa devoted to determining the action of electricity under conditions of
permafrost soils.
Electrification of agriculture in Siberia under wartime conditions was
very difficult is view of serious shortages of conducting materials. A
satisfactory system was established on a 220-v line from Ksnak to Braahnoye
the ground ~) where the power was carried partly by wire and partly through
At present, the institute is working on the possibility of putting the
whole IO ^-energo system on this two-conductor (wire and ground) system.
During the war, experiments were continued on work started in 1940 by
Docent A. L. Vayner, Do ant A. K. Potuzhniy, and Docent S. M. Fertik oa the
problem of proper conveyance of lightning discharges through poor conducting
soils, The results of this research are moat important is that they will
provide for the safe operation of power systems,
In high-current engineering, certain difficulties were experienced with
rectifiers; glass-mercury rectifiers had a short life span of only l,OpO_2~p00
hours, Docent M. M. Tarashchanskiy and Docent S, M. Fertik, together with
the late Academician V. rd, Khrushchev, worked out the manufacture of the so-
called mechanical rectifier, An experimental model was constructed which
operated on ].00 amperes and 300 vomits. After tests, several of these new
rectifiers were manufactured and are now undergoing practical testing at
one of the Ural mines, The new rectifier is light, very efficient, and has
an unlimited service life,
bfa.ny of the personnel of the institute during the years of evacuation
worked at various electrotechnical enterprises. Some of the personnel, such
ns Prof A? A. Skoromkhov, Prof Dr Ya. L, Ceronimus, and Prof Dr,V. N. Ki-
yanitsa
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Institute oi' P,adio Rec~tion and Acoustic^
,1t a ,joint meeting of the Vacuum-Tube and Broadcasting Sections of the
Scienti?i~ '^arh?t,.n, n^,.__?
dustry USSR, A, K. GodzevsY.iy, repx?esenting?theuInstituteoof Radio Receptior
and Acoustics
discu,sed thr
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pro
lems confronting vacuum-tube designers,
with particular reference to efficient cathodes, variables tubes for of
amplification, high. k.outnut tubes, etc? (9)
Central Scientific Research Electrical E sneering Laborator TeNIEL)
24inistry of Power Stations
IJ1'yanskiy, rr. n., "Communications Erluiprcent in IIigh-Voltage Rural
Distribution rdetworYs." (7)
Bykovs'ciy, Yn, L., "Test Exploitation of Pulse Meters for Ideaauring
Lines Constructed by This Laboratory." (10)
Durgsdorf, V. V,, "Investigation of the Protiection of Power Systems
From Lightning," A. I. Gershengorn
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A, I. Rogacheva, and Ye. S. Fedorov orere reported to be associates of the
l3hnrn+nrw " /tt1
Engineer S. Li. Gortinslciy has written a survey which describes the
organization, functions, ;rorlc, and personnel of the laborator;~, (12)
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High-F~'equency Currents Shop Avtozavod imeai Stalin
The chieY of the shop was reported to be K. Z. Shepelyakovslciy, (13)
1. Elektrichestvo, iro 2, 1947
2. Ibid,, No 3, 1947
3. Ibid., ?io 4, 1947
4. Ibid., iro 5, 1947
5. Vestnik Vysshey Shkoly (Herald of the Higher School), No 3, 1953
6. Radiotekhnikn, rro 3, 1948
7. Elelstrichestvo, rro 10, 1950
8. Uchenyye I;har'kova (Scieni:ists of Kharkov) (LC No Q127. R9v35)
9. >?'nn oo-w-18359
10. Radiotelzhniira, ire 4, 191~j
11. Elektrichestvo, rro 2, 1949
12. Ibid., IIo 11, 194II
13. Radiotelchnika, iro 5, 1949
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