P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Institute of Seismology and Aseismic Construction

The Institute of Seismology was founded in 1951 bringing together the department

of geophysics of the Tajik branch of the AS of the USSR and three existing seismic

stations in the territory of the Republic. In 1958, it was reorganized as the Institute

of Seismology and Aseismic Construction. The Institute consists of 7 laboratories

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  Seismic Danger

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  Seismic Stableness of the Industrial, Civil and Hydrotechnical Constructions

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  Dynamics of Construction

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  Powerful Motions

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  Seismic Stableness of Building Constructions

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  Physics of Earthquakes

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  Modern Motions of Earth-crust, and of Geophysical Expedition.

The major fields of investigations of the Institute include

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  Investigation of the nature of seismic processes and connection of seismic

activity with geological structure, geophysical data, fields of stresses, and

deformation of the earthcrust.

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  Perfection of methods of seismic division into districts, calculation of

seismic danger and trench-raid of possible heralds of powerful earthquakes.

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  Investigation of the affects of ground motion during large earthquakes on the

engineering and geological conditions, and in the characteristics of

earthquake-induced stresses in buildings and other constructions.

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  Compiling a detailed map of Tajikistan's seismic district divisions. This map

also shows the sites of large industrial and hydrotechnical units. The

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