Abstract

The USSR Council of Ministers has adopted the decision on adjustments in construction in the country‘s seismic areas. E. F. Savarensky, Chairman of the Council on Seismology and Earthquake Proof Construction, corresponding member, USSR Academy of Sciences, comments this decision.

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  • It would be naive to speak of transferring the established industrial and cultural centres, with their wealth of national traditions, to other less dangerous places

  • The USSR Council of Ministers has adopted the decision on adjustments in construction in the country1s seismic areas

  • Most dangerous are the zones with crevices, ruptures in the earth1s crust

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Introduction

It would be naive to speak of transferring the established industrial and cultural centres, with their wealth of national traditions, to other less dangerous places. The USSR Council of Ministers has adopted the decision on adjustments in construction in the country1s seismic areas. Savarensky, Chairman of the Council on Seismology and Earthquake Proof Construction, corresponding member, USSR Academy of Sciences, comments this decision.

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