text: contracts or orders, are remunerated by the customer on account of means specified for these purposes In their balances of Income and expenditure (finance plans), or estimates of expenditures; -profits remaining at the disposal of the ministry (department) and used for scientific research In accordance with the decision of the USSR Government, etc. SOURCE OF FUNDS The sources for financing scientific-research work are determined, proceedings from the following considerations: .372--scientific-research work, associated with the fulfilment of assignments of directive organs, scientific-technical programs and the solution of problems In natural and social sciences, also scientific-research work of fundamental (theoretical and exploration) character .are financed by the single fund for the development of science and technology, formed at the ministries In the established order, as well as by allocations from the state budget; -scientific-research work of general state and branch character are financed by the single fund for the development of science and technology, by means envisaged for scientific­ research work In the plans af prim~ costs of Industrial products, construction-assembly work, deliveries, In the plans of operating costs, and In the plans of distribution costs of commercial• provision, trading and purchasing organizations, as well as In the estimates for construction (when scientific-research work lsd envisaged at the construction of the given obJect>; -scientific-research work of general state and b~anch character In the areas of construction and Industrial materials Is financed by allocations from the state budget, that are specifically assigned for these purposes In the established order, In the area of agriculture on account of allocations from the state buget and deductions from real lzlng products cultivated at the experimental farms and produced at the enterprises of scientific-research organizations; -scientific-research work carried out by scientific- research organizations of the USSR Ministry of Geology• ministries and departments of geology In the union republics Is 
analysis: The text appears to be discussing the financing of scientific research in the Soviet Union, mentioning various sources of funds, including the single fund for the development of science and technology, state budget allocations, and deductions from real living products. The text also mentions scientific-research work in various fields, including natural and social sciences, construction, and industrial materials. Given the focus on scientific research and its financing, it seems likely that the text is related to the field of science and technology.