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POST-WAR astronomical research in the Soviet Union is being planned on a great scale. Nine of the nineteen Soviet observatories were in territory that was overrun by the Germans and have been destroyed or seriously damaged. Most important of these was the Pulkovo Observatory, near Leningrad, which was completely destroyed by air and artillery bombardment. Most of the equipment and the valuable library of the Observatory were removed in time to safer places. The Pulkovo staff has continued astronomical research work at Tashkent, Abastumani and Alma-Ata. Prof. Belyavsky, director of the Observatory, states that it has been decided that reconstruction is to commence immediately and that the instrumental equipment will be reinstalled at Pulkovo at the earliest possible moment, to make possible the resumption of work in fundamental astronomy. More powerful equipment is to be constructed in the U.S.S.R. or obtained from abroad. The Engelhardt, Nikolaeffand Tashkent Observatories will also carry on fundamental observations.
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Astronomy in the U.S.S.R. Nature 154, 112–113 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/154112c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/154112c0