1 At the Laboratories of JINR 14 JINR Directorate's Information Meetings of the JINR PACs 23 81st Session of the JINR Scientific Council 31 Appeal to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation 32 JINR Prizes for 1996 34 Jubilees 38 JINR's Exibition in Warsaw Meetings with Armenian Leaders 39 Scientific Cooperation 43 Conferences. Meetings 45 IAEA Regional Course on Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety 47 Seminars At JINR UC Nominations 48 Presentation of Theses 49 New Publications 51 Schedule of JINR Meetings for 1997

This issue was prepared by N.P.Alekseeva G.M.Arzumanyan V.A.Bednyakov A.A.Bel'kov V.A.Biryukov L.I.Kalinina T.B.Kiseleva B.I.Pustylnik V.V.Sikolenko N.K.Skobelev B.M.Starchenko T.A.Strizh G.N.Timoshenko P.I.Zarubin V.I.Zhuravlev R.Ya.Zulkarneev Photos by E.V.Smetanina Yu.A.Tumanov Translation by N.M.Dokalenko A.G.Kartavenko O.K.Kronshtadtov M.I.Potapov Editors E.V.Kalinnikova, E.I.Kravchenko

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