Adyunkt: what's that?

[Paul B. Gallagher]

Dear colleagues,

My text for translation reads as follows:

Мой индивидуальный план подготовки адъюнкта содержал кандидатские 
экзамены, зачеты, рефераты, педагогическую практику, научные 
командировки, офицерскую учебу, работу над диссертацией, НИР и 
методическую работу на кафедре.

Now, I had been treating адъюнкт(ура) as a postdoc(toral program), so 
why would this guy be taking кандидатские экзамены? What am I missing? 
If it helps any, the institution was Военно-воздушная инженерная 
академия им. Жуковского in Moscow, and the year was 1956.

Thanks.

-- 
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
pbg translations, inc.
"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
http://pbg-translations.com

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