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Academy of Sciences and the Soviet Academy of Medical Sciences. The
council was answerable to the State Committee on Science and Technol-
ogy and the Presidium of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. It established
and carried through a number of scientific programs that were viewed by
the Soviets in terms of their utility in strengthening the country's military
capabilities. 23 The council drafted the agenda for scientific research work

Chernogolovka

Zagorsk
(Sergeev-Posad)

Arctic Ocean

Estonia

Latvia

Lithuania

Leningrad
(St.Petersburg)

Belarus

Omutninsk

Moldavia Moscow

U

Chekhov

Ukraine

Kirov (Vyatka)

Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg)

Pushchino Strizhi

Obolensk Kol'tsovo

Georgia

Kazakhstan

Berdsk

Armenia

Aral Sea

Azerbaijan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Stepnogorsk
Kurgan

Pokrov

Penza

Vozrozdeniye
Island

Figure 6.1 Major sites involved in the USSR BW program.