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A FIVE-YEAR plan for rebuilding the famous observatory at Pulkovo on the outskirts of Leningrad is announced by the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. The main building is to be restored as it was originally, and such of the valuable equipment and instruments as were removed to safety before the Germans began the bombardment of the besieged city will be installed again. The Observatory was completely destroyed, and the cost of reinstatement is estimated as 137 million roubles. The world-renowned library could not be removed in time, and many irreplaceable books and manuscripts are lost to posterity. Adequate provision to restock the library includes the earmarking of 200,000 dollars for purchases abroad. Plans for work in the future suggest that the character of the institution is not to be changed: both fundamental astronomical work and astrophysical researches will be undertaken.
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Restoration of Pulkovo and Kiev Observatories. Nature 155, 421 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155421c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/155421c0