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The relocation of Dobson no. 14 from Tromsø, Norway, to Tomsk in the Russian Federation was successfully carried out in July 2015 and the instrument was released from Customs in September 2015 and put into operation. A training course on the operation of the instrument was arranged for two Russian operators in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, from 7-14 April 2015. The instrument, which had been deployed in Tromsø for many years, was repaired and calibrated at the Hohenpeissenberg Observatory of the German Weather Service prior to its shipment to Hradec Králové. After the training course the Dobson instrument was shipped to Tomsk, Russian Federation. Two participants from the ozone observatory in Nairobi also took part in the training course.