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Abstract
One of the important measures taken in furtherance of the joint decree of the CPSU Central Committee and the USSR Council of Ministers "On Measures to Further Improve Certification of Research and Teaching Personnel" has been a revision of the "List of Specialties of Scholarly Personnel," in accordance with which degrees are granted. The new list, issued by the State Committee on Science and Technology of the USSR Council of Ministers in May 1977, introduced "Party development" as a distinct specialty for work in which the degrees of candidate and doctor of historical or philosophical sciences may be awarded.