Kovtyukh, Valery V.2015-11-092015-11-092015Odessa Astronomical Publicationshttps://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/7548Odessa Astronomical publications / Одесская астроном. обсерватория . – Одесса : Астропринт, 2015.The Isaac Newton Institute (Instituto Isaac Newton) for Astronomical Research (INI) was founded in 1978 by Gonzalo Alcaino (http://www.ini.cl/). The head office is located on the eastern outskirts of Santiago (Chile). Since 1992, the Institute has branched out in several countries of the former Soviet Union in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. The Moscow branch was the first one established outside Chile. As of 2002, there are 14 branches of the Institute in nine countries (see the figure): namely, Armenia (19 members), Bulgaria (28), Crimea (27), Kazakhstan (17), Kiev (11), Moscow (15), Odesa (34), Poland (13), Pushchino (18), St. Petersburg (24), Special Astrophysical Observatory (41), Tajikistan (8), Uzbekistan (19), and Yugoslavia (21). The total number of scientists involved in the project in Eastern Europe and Eurasia is about 300.enArticle