OPENING OF THE NEW BUILDINGS OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY IMENI M. V. LOMONOSOV

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SUBJECT Scientific - Miscellaneous, bfoscow Tniversity
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
OPIIJIp7G OF THE I~TE4! BUILDINGS OF MOSCOW STATE UNIVr^RSITY
IbIENZ M. V. LOMONOSOV
The following report Gives information on some of t2ie adminis-
trative organs set up to equip the new buildings, some statistics
on the buildings, and extracts from a popular scientific descrip-
tion of the wort. and equipment of some faculties of the university.
The new buildings of Moscow State University were declared upon on 1 Sep-
tember 1953, and at the same time the Physics, Chemistry, bfechanics and Mathe-
matics, Geologyy and Geography Faculties moved to their new quarters, e~ meeting
of tine construction workers, students, and instructors was held in front of the
main building. The meeting was addressed by P. K. Ponomarenko, Minister of
Culture USSR; Academician A. N. Nesmeyanov, President of the Academy of Sciences
USSR; A. V. 4'oronkov, Head of Construction; and Academician I. G. Petrovskiy, the
Rector of the University.(1)
The following facts and figures on the rew buildings have been published:
The main building is 32 etorie.; :igh, with a total volume of 1;370,000 cubic
meters. It houses the Geology and Geography Faculties, six and seven stories
respectively (2); the auditoriums of the MecYianics and Diathematics Faculty, five
stories (2)? and the general university ch>31rs, the scientific library, and the
main assembly hall, which seats 1500.(1)
The Physics Faculty building is six stories high, with a volume of 274,600
cubic meters.
The Ck.,:mistry Faculty building is a eix story building, with a total volume
of 267,700 cubic meters.
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Living accommodations for staff and students, a botanical garden cf h2 hec-
tares, and recreational facilities are included.
More than 3,000 students were accepted for first-year courses in September
1953?(1)
In ~j4q the Central Committee for the Construction and Equippi::g th. Ilew
Buildings was formed. The following were members of the committee:
Professor A. S. Predvoditelev, Corresponding Member of the Acaden~ of
Sciences USSR (Head)
Professor A. V. Kiselev (Dep ty Head)
Docent N. L. Pokrovskiy (Scientific Secretary). Or;;anizational work was 1
delegated to him and to V. A. Fillppova senior laborator,~ assistant.
The heads of faculty conmdttees on problems of construction and equipping
the new buildings were as follows: A. V. Belyayev, Doctor of Technical Sciences,
Mechanics and Mathematics Faculty; Professors Id. A. :Captsov and S. N. Rzhevlcin,
Physics Faculty; Professor K. G. Kho.^.~aY.ov and Doc~YfC^S. M. SY,ttratov, Chemistry
Faculty; Docents L. V. Levinson and D. A. Trankovskiy, Bi
Faculty; Docent II. I. Dykovskiy, Geoloq. Faculty; and Docen~t~A.gIa Kamenskiynce
Geography Faculty.(1)
Comr:issions of the Central Committee
The following commissions of the Central Commnittee have been mentioned:
Commnission for the Control of Electro.^iagnetic Interference, headed by
Professor N. A. Kaptsov.
Commission for tiie Control of Vibrational and Acoustical Interference,
headed by Professor S. Id. RzhevY.in.
Library Commission, headed by Professor R. I. Gerasimov.
Commission cn Visual Aids, headed by Professor K. P. Yakovlev.
Conmission on FurnishinCs, headed by Docent L. V. Levinson.(1)
Groups for Ordering Special Equipment
Zn order to_prevent duplication of orders for apparatus for the new build-
ings, a number of groups were formed in order to coordinate demands by faculties,
chairs, and laboratories. .These groups were al.;o responsible for determining
whether serial" (i.e~., standard production) or "nonserivl" (specially designed
and producerl) instxwnents were to be orciesed. The follrnring groups have been
mentioned, together with the apparatus with which they dealt:
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Group for Spectrorraoh~c_Optics (Headed by Professor V. 1d. Tatevskiy)
Different types of spectrographs and spectrometers, with hi~1 resolving
powers throughout the whole frequenc;/. range of the spectrum, have been and are
being prepared in the engineering shops of the university. Those listed are
vac..um spectrographs and spectrometers, spectrographs with rapid development for
registering 'sigh-speed processes, and spectrographs with diffraction gratings.
This will give chairs and laboratories the most modern spectroscopic equipment
in the world.(1)
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Group for Astronomical Equipment
Tito energetic work of Professor S. b1. Zverev in this group was noted.
First class clocks, quartz clacks, registering chronographs, and passage instru-
ments of original design have been provided. Such equipment was fonnerty made
in foreign countries exclusively. The Sun Service has demanded special equip-
ment. It has been provided with a coelostat which has been set up on the roof
of the observatory and which directs the sun's rays through a vertical tube
running through the whole building to the semi-basement, where a registering
apparatus has been set up on a special mounting There will also be a radic
telescope, a 70-cm telescope with Professor D. D. Maksutov's meniscus reflector
system and a 60-cm telescope with a parabolic reflector.(1)
Group for Equipment for Electrical 1Qeasurements (Headed by Irofessor
R. V. Telesmn/
The following information on a high-sensitivity galvanometer is quoted
in fiA_:] "A significant event in electrical instrument building is the it*^o-
duction of a mirror galvanometer with a sensitivity of 1.10-11 amperes. It must
be noted that a cheap form. of mirror galvanometer has been ordered for practical
work of laboratories. The high cost and comparatively limited production of
mirror galvanometers have heretofore made their extensive use in teaching diffi-
cult. With the production of a cheap model, however, this will be ov^rcome, and
will enci the monopoly of certain foreign fine,."
The liaison of Professor A. V. Kiselev and Docent S. !d. Skuratov wit:i
ofothermometricebrid es~lownss, accuxlate instruments, part.;r~arly to new types
required for enact calorimetricswor~n(1)potentiometer:, and-other instruments
Group for Radio Physics Instnunents (Aeaded by Docent P. A. Petrov)
This ~~"-"
group has dealt with electronic instruments and high-voltage appa-
ratus, such as oscillators, receivers, amplifiers, and radio engineering measur-
ing instruments.(1)
Group for Electronic and Power Apparatus (Headed by Professor N. A, Kaptsov)
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'Phis group ir, responsible for supplying chairs and laboratories with
modern cathode oscillog~raphs, high resolution electron microscopes, X-ray appa-
ratus, including a portable table type, and electronic instruments for making up
other apparatus.(1)
Group for Cryogenic Apparatus (Beaded by Docent N. A. Sril'yantov and Profes-
sor A. I. Shal'nikov~
Apparatus for research and teaching work at the temperature of liquid
nitrogen, hydrogen, and helium was ordered by this group. Part of the equipment
must be mounted in the Liquefaction Station, which is also respunsible for the
production of liquid nitrogen and oxygen to rieet the needs of all the natural
science faculties.(1)
Groan for Instrument Equipment (Headed by Docent PI. G. Pokrovskiy)
This group was responsible for equipping the repair and machine shops
of the faculties, chairs, and laboratories. These shops will be able not only
to carry out repairs, but will be able to make new equipment.(1)
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Group for Computing and Calculating Machines (Headed by Professor
B. Ai. Shchigo_ev)
A Central Comp?~ting Bureau has been set up in the Diecharics and Mathe-
matics Faculty, and the following types of machines have been supplied: combina-
tion calculating and analytical machines, the only examples of their kind; com-
plex computing machines, including integrators of various types for the solution
of systems of linear equations with constant coefficients and partta7. differen-
tial equations; simple calculating machines; fully automatic electro-arithmo-
meters; full text printing calculators; ten-key calculating machines and printing
calculators; manual arithmometers; drafting machines; planir..eters; intergraphs;
and harmonic analysers.
Computing bureaus have also been established for the Chemistry and
Physics Faculties on a smaller scale than the central bureau. Docents K. D. Shc-
herbaY,ov and A. A. SamarsY,iy took an active part in the formation of these two
lesser bureaus.(1)
Group for General Laboratory Equipment (Headed by Senior Scientific Associate
I. tQ. Gibalo and Assistant A. A. Mezertseva)
This group, which was drawn wholly from the Chemistry Faculty, dealt
with weighing instruments: high sensitivity mdcroanalytical balances, single-
arm microanalytical balances, and balances with noncontinuous suspension.(1)
Group for Furnaces and Thermostats (Headed by A. B. Bilevich, Candidate of
Chemical Sciences)
The furnaces built for the university allow study of physical and chemi-
cal processes up to a temperature of 2,5GO degrees centigrade, and pes^nit the
determination of the pressure of saturated steam and the heat evaporation of heat-
resistant substances.
The need for apparatus for low temperatures has also been foreseen, and
apparatus ranging from standard refrigerators to complex compressors has been
supplied. Various instruments for the measurement and regulation of temperature,
such as automatic pyrometers, electronic thermoregulators, electromagnetic relays
and contact thermometers with magnetic adjustment, are also available.(1)
Group for Geophysical Equipment (Headed by Docents S. V. Dobroklonskiy and
M. M. Arl:an~el'slciy)
This p.roup coordinated the supply of aerological equipment, such as radio-
sondes, for studying atmospheric layers, and instruments for studying the elec-
trical and optical properties of the atmosphere, the physics of the sea, the re-
action of the ocean and the atmosphere, and the formation of waves.
Instruments have also been supplied for the study of river-bed currents,
the interaction of the river bed and the current, the movement of alluvium in a
turbulent current, and the propagation of flood currents.
For the investigation of the earth's crust, seismic phenomena, the earth's
magnetic field and gravity, the following instruuments are mentioned: seismographs,
magnetic theodolites, and gravimeters.(1)
Group for Photogrnphic and Cinematographic Equipment (Headed by Docent
S. P.. Zhukov~kiy)
This group looked after the needs of all natural science faculties. It
provided slow-and-fast-motion photographic and motion-picture equipment.(1)
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Group,.for NiiCr4scopir-and Geodesic Equipment ($eaded by Docent D. A. Tranko-
vskiy)
This group was responsible for providing various microscopes, including
ultraviolet microscopes, and the spare parts and accessories to go with them.
The accessories included instruments for microphotography and microcinematography.
Senior Assistant G. V. Gospodinov took part in ordering the geodesic instruments.
(1)
Group ror the Equipment of Expeditions (:.ead - Assistant G. A. Dreysler)
All ti?: equipa~ent which might be Headed by expeditions of the University
was coordinated by this group. It included clothing, tents, sleeping bags, means
6T transport such as cars, bicycles, boats and ships, the newest means of radio
~eommunication and special geological, geographical, and biological expeditionary
equipment.(1)
1'he following groups have been named, but their activities have not been
described:
Group for ~pecisl Biological Equipment (Headed by Docent D. A. Tra^.ko-
vskiy); Groi:~ fcr Demonstrational Equipment (Headed by Assistsnts A. I. Minayev
and S. I. Usttgin); Croup for Aerodynamic Equipment (Headed by Professor V. V.
Golubev, Professor Kh. A. Rakhmatulin, and Docent S. G. Popov (Goluben may be
Lt Gen Vladimir Vasil'yevich Goluben); Group for Hydromechanical Equipment (Headed
by Docent D. S. Vil'k~r); Group for Aerial Photography Equipment ($eaded by Senior
Instructor G. V. Gospodinov); and Group for Testing 6tachines and Presses (Headed
by Senior Scientific Associate I. A. Skoryy).(1)
Experiments were carried out by members of the University on the prevention
of vibrational, electromagnetic, and acoustic interference to sensitive instru-
ments throughout the entire campus. Idorl?, on the problem was carried out in the
Physics Faculty by Professors N. A. Kaptsov and S. N. Rzhevkin; and in the Chemis-
try Faculty by Professor A. V. Kiselev and Senior Scientific Associate Pitszhel-
auri.(1) It has also been stated that certain portionr of the Physics Faculty
building have been constructed with vertical flexible joints, in order to isolate
them i'rom vibration, and that some 80 portions of the buildings have been fully
screened against interference from vibration, electromagnetism, and noise.(2)
mechanics and Mathematics Faculty
Dean of the faculty is Yu. A. Rabotnov, Corresponding ttertioer of the Acade~y
of Sciences USSR.
Part of the Faculty is housed in the main building of the university, but
a special mechanics building is being completed, as is the astronomical observa-
tory. The mechanics building will be three-storied and will have a total area
of 8,000 square meters, housing all the laboratories of the chairs of the fac-
ulty, namely, hydrodynamics, aerodynamics, theory of elasticity, theory of
plasticity, and applied mechanics.(2)
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Physics Faculty
(Professor R. V. Telesnin, Doctor of Physicomathematical Sciences, gives n
short description of the facilities of the faculty, as follows:] Mme 20 rcoms
of the faculty are air-conditipned and more than 100 others are equippe3 with a
ventilation system. Laboratories are all equipped with gas, water, compressed
air, and electricity of various voltages. There are also several special labora-
tories for third and fourth year students to do practical work; these are the
magnetic, X-ray structural analysis, molecular physics, electronics, oscillation::,
optics, and geophysics practicums.
The faculty has radio equipment, powerful electromagnets, induction furnaces,
and apparatus for obtaining high vacuums. The Ch:.ir of Magnetism has an instru-
~ment which makes it possible to obtain a magnetic field of 12,pOC oersteds without
..the use of iron cores. High frequency furnaces make it possible to produce heat-
worked precision alloys.(2)
Chemistry Facult
A. V.?Hovostlavn; @~responding Member of the Academy of Sciences USSR, is
the dean of the faculty.(2) The following new chairs and laboratories have been
established as a result of the larger space available.: Chair of Chemistry and
Physics of High Pressure, Chair of High Molecular Compounds, Laboratory of Radio
Chemistr;?, and Laboratory of Crystal Chemistry.(1) Other Chairs and laboratories
.which have been mentioned are the Chair of Inorganic Chemistry; Chair of General
Chemistry; Laboratory of the Organic Cycle, which will be working with the assist-
ance of tagged atoms; Laboratory of Adsorption of the Physicochemical Cycle; and
Laboratory of Gaseous Electrochemistry.(2)
Ceolo _~ Fncult
Professor G. P. Go^~h~?crv, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences,
is dean of the faculty. A Chair of Frost Science has been established as a result
of the expansion made possible by the neu buildings, and this chair will have at
its disposal a cold room for obtaining constant negative temperatures, laboratories
for modeling themophysical processes, calorimetric instruments for determining
the phase composition of water in frozen strata, electrical measuring instruments,
and optical instruments. On the grounds of the University are an icehouse, and
"islands" where mineral oms under permafrost can be studied.
A new Chair of Geochemistry }gas also been established, where students will
be able 'to study rare elements and isotopes, and determine the age of mineral
deposits.
Another newly established chair is the Chair of Useful Minerals. It has been
equipped xith boring instruments, mane sinY.ing and ore dressing equipment, and
models of mining developments; also it has a valuable collection oi' metallic and
nonmetallic ores, chemical rLw materials, etc.
The equipment of the Laboratory o^ the Geophysical Cycle is protected from
interference, and its instruments have shoe}:proof mountings. Apart from static
equipment, it ]gas been allocated seismic, electric prospecting, and gravimetric
equipment mounted in automobiles.(2)
New special courses are also available to students. These are as fo]lr*+s:
the elements of engineering frost science, radio geology, and spectiroscopy.(1)
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Geograph Faculty
Professor K. K. Markov, Doctor of Geographical Sciences is the clean of the
faculty. The faculty has been equipped with 30 specialized studies, 10 labora-
tories, an enormous cartographic collection, and paleographic and geog^aphic
laboratories. In the near future hydrological, meteorological, and geomorpho-
logical laboratories will be built.
The Chair of Oceanography has been reorganized and has also started a spe-
cial course for fifth course (year?] students on the climate of the ocean. The
Chair of the Study of Foreign Countries [Stranovedeniye] 'gas also been reorganized.
A Chair of Biogeography has been established.
Students of the faculty spend psrt of their 4-,year course in the two field
stations of the faculty, which are located near t9ozhaysk (Central Station) and
in the Khibiny [Kola Peninsular) (Northern Station). In the near future a hydro-
logical station ?..~11 be set up on the Dioscaw River.
The faculty will also be supplied with its awn air and water transport for
expeditions.(2)
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