ALEKSANDRA VASILIEVNA NOVOSELOVA

(ON HER SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY)

Dear Aleksandra Vasi l 'evna:

The Pres id ium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, the Branch of the Physical Chemist ry and Technology of Inorganic Materials , M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, and the Editorial Board of the Journal, "Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya" cordial ly congratulate you on your seventieth bir thday and 50th anniversary of your remarkable scientific, pedagogical, and social activity.

Your investigations in the field of inorganic chemis t ry have made a great contribution to the develop- meat of modern science and are known to a wide group of chemists in our country and abroad. The high theoret ical level of your investigations have always been combined with their pract ical direction, with a concern for the technical p rogres s of our national economy.

You have also expended considerable effor ts in organizational, editorial , and social activity. It would be difficult to overes t imate your contribution to the preparat ion and training of scientific personnel.

We wish you, dear Aleksandra Vasil 'evna, good health, happiness, and fur ther creat ive activity for the welfare of our country and science.

Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Branch of the Physical Chemis t ry and Technology of Inorganic Materials; M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University; Editorial Board of the Journal "Izvestiya Akademii NaukSSSR. Seriya Khimieheskaya. T,

1970. Translated f rom Izvest iya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Seriya Khimicheskaya, No. 3, p. 507, March,

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