At the Pulkovo Observatory a parallax programme has been started by Kanayev for 120 stars chosen mainly from Vyssotsky’s lists and the Leningrad list of multiple systems. Proper Motions relative to galaxies have been determined by Fatchikhin for 14669 stars in 85 different fields; the magnitude equation is being investigated and secular parallaxes as well as the solar apex and the constants of galactic rotation are being calculated. The general programme on absolute proper motions is being carried out by Dejč at Pulkovo, and at Cerro Calan in Chile, by Panteleyeva at Sternberg, and by Rahimov at Tashkent.