Origins
LPI
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Physical Cabinet
of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences Directors: academicians G.B. Bulfinger 1726–1730 L. Euler 1731–1733 G.W. Kraft 1733–1744 G.W. Richmann 1744–1753 M. Sofronov 1753–1756 F.U. Aepinus 1756–1771 L.Yu. Kraft 1771–1810 V.V. Petrov 1810–1828 Saint Petersburg 1828–1912 Physical Cabinet of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences Directors: academicians G.F. Parrot 1828–1840 E.Kh. Lenz 1840–1865 B.S. Jacobi 1865–1874 G.I. Vild 1874–1894 B.B. Golitsyn 1894–1912 Members of the Academy, who worked at the Cabinet: I.G. Leutman 1726 G.B. Bulfinger 1726–1730 D. Bernoulli 1730–1733 L. Euler 1731–1733 G.W. Kraft 1733–1744 G.W. Richmann 1737–1753 V.E. Adadurov 1737 M.V. Lomonosov 1741 I.A. Euler, F.U. Aepinus 1756–1771 L.U. Kraft 1771–1810 A.K. Kononov 1793–1795 A.G. Gadolin, M.A. Rykachev, O.D. Khvolson 1874–1893 Saint Petersburg / Petrograd 1912–1921 Physical Laboratory of the Emperial Academy of Sciences. Since May 1917, the Physical Laboratory of the Russian Academy of Sciences Directors: members of the Academy B.B. Golitsyn 1912–1916 M.A. Rykachev 1916–1917 N.S. Kurnakov 1917 P.P. Lazarev 1917 A.N. Krylov 1917–1921 Petrograd / Leningrad 1921–1934 After amalgamation of the Physical Laboratory and the Mathematical Cabinet of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1921, the Physico-mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences Since 1926, the V.A. Steklov Physico-mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1927, of the USSR Academy of Sciences) Directors of the Institute: academicians V.A. Steklov 1921–1926 A.F. Ioffe 1926–1928 A.N. Krylov 1928–1932 I.M. Vinogradov 1932–1934 Heads of the Physical Department: T.P. Kravets ?–1932 S.I. Vavilov 1932–1934 Academicians, who worked at the Physical Department of the Institute: S.I. Vavilov, D.S. Rozhdestvensky Leningrad, 28 April 1934: the Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences was established on the basis of the Physical Department of the V.A. Steklov Physico-mathematical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences August 1934: move to Moscow On 18 December 1934, the Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences was named after the great Russian physicist Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev Moscow 1934–1951 (Miusskaya Square) Director – academician S.I. Vavilov (1934–1951) P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (since 1991, of the Russian Academy of Sciences). Since 1951 till the present time is at 53 Leninsky Prospect, Moscow Departments of the LPI RAS are also in Troitsk, Dolgoprudny, Pushchino, Samara, Volsk, in Crimea, in the Caucasus, Tien Shan, Pamir Directors: academicians S.I. Vavilov 1934–1951 D.I. Skobeltsyn 1951–1972 N.G. Basov 1973–1988 L.V. Keldysh 1988–1994 O.N. Krokhin 1994–2004 Academician G.A. Mesyats – present time |