(Andrei Sakharov) was a Soviet physicist who became, in the words of the Nobel Peace Committee, a spokesman for the conscience of mankind. He was fascinated by funda- mental physics and cosmology, but he had to spent two decades designing nuclear weapons.

Origins


LPI



- LPI Directors -


S.I. Vavilov

D.V. Skobeltsyn

N.G. Basov

L.V. Keldysh

O.N. Krokhin

G.A. Mesyats

Formation of new scientific institutions on the basis of scientific departments and cadres of the LPI RAS

1946
Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Moscow State University 
(D.V. Skobeltsyn)
1946
Radiotechnical Laboratory of the USSR Academy of Sciences (A.L. Mints); since 1957, Radiotechnical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences
1953
Acoustics Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences
(L.M. Brekhovskikh)
1956
Laboratory of Neutron Physics of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research
(Dubna; I.M. Frank)
1962
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (A.V. Rzhanov)
1968
Institute of Spectroscopy of the USSR Academy of Sciences
(S.L. Mandelshtam)
1970
Institute for Nuclear Research of the USSR Academy of Sciences (A.N. Tavkhelidze)
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







News

25.01.11
Best papers of Nanotechnlogy journal in 2010
30.10.09
Ratification of the Russian-Tajik intergovernmental agreement on the establishment and operation of the Pamir-Chacaltaya ISRC took place
05.05.09
Pamirs 2009 Expedition
28.03.09
The first meeting of the CPR of the Pamir-Chacaltaya ISRC