on june 19 , 1919, the hydrological institute was established. is the head of our country for the study of superficial. here the land of the rivers, lakes , reservoirs, swamps and glaciers created it on the initiative of the founder of soviet hydrology, russian scientist viktor glushkov , the institute's water-balance stations are scattered throughout the country, the valdai branch of the institute is studying channel processes. for this , a special farm has been installed on the river to break down, and evaporation precipitation is also measured and the hydrological role of forests is studied. the main experimental base is located in the village of ilyichev near st. petersburg, where the behavior of rivers is modeled, a separate base was created to study swamps. the main building of the hydrological institute. for more than a century it has been located in st. petersburg on vasilyevsky island in the old house of the merchant bekekel. on june 19, 1961, independence was recognized. kuwait is a territory with a large port. el kuwait time was the su