1. Toward further development of agriculture

   • B. S. Fedorov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 286

2. Experience in the design and construction of bored-pile foundations of an industrial building

   • F. K. Lapshin
   • S. N. Potapov
   • O. V. Kislyakov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 290

3. Deformations of buildings and structures of the Balakovo chemical plant being conctructed on swelling soils

   • A. V. Vronskii
   • G. G. Boldyrev
   • B. I. Terent'ev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 290 - 293

4. Disturbance of the stability of a foundation bed from a lateral surcharge

   • G. M. Ulichkin
   • A. E. Malov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 293 - 296

5. Bearing capacity of cylinder piles driven into weak soils

   • G. N. Gugutsidze
   • A. P. Ryzhenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 299

6. Testing of batter piles under the combined effect of vertical and horizontal loads

   • V. S. Mironov
   • V. N. Krovyakov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 303

7. Determination of optimum number of pile tests

   • Yu. S. Mirenburg
   • L. N. Khrustalev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 303 - 306

8. Protection of hollow piles and cylinder piles from fracture during freezing

   • V. E. Konash

   OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 310

9. Long-term strength of clay soil in a mass on slopes affected by slides

   • A. Ya. Turovskaya
   • N. B. Chernenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 315

10. Method of lowering level of vibrations in buildings and structures located near subway lines of shallow embedment

    • Yu. A. Bulanov
    • V. A. Il'ichev
    • V. N. Ukolov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 319

11. Use of stock piles of small section for determining bearing capacity of piled foundations

    • Yu. G. Trofimenkov
    • L. G. Mariupol'skii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 320 - 322

12. Experimental determination of the natural pressure in hydraulic fill by means of a pressure gauge

    • V. P. Kustov
    • K. V. Ruppeneit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 327

13. Settlements of experimental plates on plastic-frozen soils

    • S. S. Vyalov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 328 - 334

14. Strength properties of rocks under a nonuniform triaxial dynamic load

    • A. V. Mikhalyuk
    • A. F. Beloivan
    • L. A. Demchenko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 335 - 340

15. Dependence of the stress state of the base on the form of the foundation in plan

    • S. V. Dovnarovich
    • D. E. Pol'shin
    • V. F. Sidorchuk

    OriginalPaper Pages: 340 - 344

16. Mechanization of zero-cycle works in winter (new plant for working frozen soils)

    • A. E. Volkova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 345 - 352

17. Dimitri Egorovich Pol'shin (on his eightieth birthday)

    Announcement Pages: 353 - 355

18. Fifth International Conference “Construction Bases-77”

    • M. I. Nikitenko

    Information Pages: 356 - 358

19. Coordination conference on new designs for foundation slabs

    • T. A. Malikova
    • L. G. Litvinenko

    Information Pages: 359 - 362

20. Scientific-practical conference “Modern methods of determining the mechanical characteristics of weak soils”

    • R. M. Narbut

    Information Pages: 363 - 365

21. The reader offer discussion, sugestions and advice

    Information Pages: 365 - 367

22. Book reviews

    • A. Ya. Budin

    BookReview Pages: 368 - 369

23. Evgenii Vladimirovich Platonov (1897–1978)

    Announcement Pages: 370 - 371