Ussr Academy Of Sciences Collection

Artem Mikoyan, Soviet aircraft designer
Artem Ivanovich Mikoyan (1905-1970), Soviet aircraft designer. Mikoyan, of Armenian descent, was a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Ivan Vinogradov, Soviet mathematician
Ivan Matveevich Vinogradov (1891-1983), Soviet mathematician. Vinogradov was one of the founders of modern analytic number theory

Nikolai Basov, Soviet physicist
Nikolai Gennadiyevich Basov (1922-2001), Soviet physicist. Basov is primarily known for his work with Aleksandr Prokhorov on developing masers (amplified beams of microwaves)

Beritashvili and students, Tbilisi, 1962
Ivan Beritashvili (1885-1974, centre), Soviet physiologist, instructing students who are studying the brain of a laboratory animal

Otto Bader, Soviet archaeologist
Otto Bader (lower left, 1903-1979), Soviet archaeologist, making notes at an archaeological dig in the Crimea area of Russia, on the shores of the Black Sea

Particle accelerator C014 / 0142
Physicists with a particle accelerator. Particle accelerators are used to accelerate particles such as protons to near the speed of light

Vladimir Migulin, Soviet physicist
Vladimir Vasilevich Migulin (1911-2002), Soviet physicist. Migulin, who specialised in radio physics, was the director of the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism

Vladimir Fock, Soviet quantum physicist
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock (1898-1974), Soviet quantum physicist. Fock made fundamental advances in quantum theory, generalising the Klein-Gordon equation

Leonid Sedov, Soviet physicist
Leonid Ivanovitch Sedov (1907-1999), Soviet physicist, at a session of the presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Sedov carried out pioneering work during World War II on the mathematics of blast

Igor Spassky, Russian naval engineer
Igor Dmitrievich Spassky (born 1926), Russian naval engineer, talking at a meeting. Spassky is General Designer and chief of the Rubin Central Design Bureau of Naval Machinery, St Petersburg, Russia

Soviet nuclear complex
Control panel in the Institute of Nuclear Physics, part of the Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences. This is the control panel of the VEPP-2 complex

Vladimir Engelgardt, Soviet biochemist
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Engelgardt (1894-1984), Soviet biochemist and molecular biologist. Engelgardt co-founded Soviet molecular biology

Georgy Flyorov, Soviet nuclear physicist
Georgy Nikolayevich Flyorov (1913-1990), Soviet nuclear physicist. In 1942, Flyorovs letters to Stalin helped start the Soviet atomic bomb project

Igor Tamm, Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm (1895-1971), Soviet nuclear physicist and mathematician. Tamm shared the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics with Cherenkov and Frank

Andrey Tychonoff, Soviet mathematician
Andrey Nikolayevich Tychonoff (1906-1993), Soviet mathematician. Tychonoff (also written as Tikhonov) worked on topology and mathematical physics

Alexander Fersman, Soviet geochemist
Alexander Yevgenyevich Fersman (1883-1945), Soviet geochemist and mineralogist. The minerals fersmite and fersmanite are named after Fersman

Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet oceanographer
Leonid Brekhovskikh (1917-2005), Soviet oceanographer, giving a lecture. Brekhovskikhs major work was on the study of acoustic waves underwater

Aksel Berg, Soviet engineer
Aksel Berg (1893-1979), Soviet engineer and cyberneticist, at his country house. Berg was of Finnish descent, but after the death of his father in 1904

Aksel Berg, Soviet admiral and engineer
Aksel Berg (1893-1979), Soviet admiral, engineer and cyberneticist. Berg was of Finnish descent, but after the death of his father in 1904

Ivan Beritashvili, Soviet physiologist
Ivan Beritashvili (1885-1974), Soviet physiologist, writing notes in his laboratory. Beritashvili founded physiology research in Georgia, and was a Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Sergei Vernov, Soviet physicist
Sergei Nikolaevich Vernov (1910-1982), Soviet physicist. Vernov pioneered cosmic rays experiments in the stratosphere using radio balloons carrying specially designed equipment

Vladimir Veksler, Soviet physicist
Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (1907-1966), Soviet physicist. Veksler established the principles of modern particle accelerators

Sergey Vavilov, Soviet physicist
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951), Soviet physicist, in a laboratory at the Physics Institute. Vavilovs work in optics included his co-discovery of the Vavilov-Cherenkov effect

Alexander Spirin, Soviet biochemist
Alexander Sergeevich Spirin (born 1931), Soviet biochemist. Spirins work with Belozersky in 1957 predicted the existence of messenger RNA. He also worked on the structure and function of ribosomes

Nikolay Semyonov, Soviet physicist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (1896-1986), Soviet physicist and chemist. Semyonov was awarded the 1956 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on chemical kinetics and chain reactions

Vavilov and colleagues, Moscow, 1938
Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov (1891-1951, right), Soviet physicist, carrying out an experiment with colleagues in his laboratory

Alexander Vinogradov, Soviet geochemist
Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov (1895-1975), Soviet geochemist. Vinogradov was Vice-President of the USSR Academy of Science, Director of the Vernadsky Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry Institute

Semyon Volfkovich, Soviet chemist
Semyon Isaakovich Volfkovich (1896-1980), Soviet chemist, using a microscope. Volfkovich was a Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Obruchev and colleagues, Moscow, 1937
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (1863-1956, lower left), Soviet geologist and explorer, at the International Geology Congress in Moscow, Russia, in 1937

Mikhail Lavrentyev, Soviet mathematician
Mikhail Alekseevich Lavrentyev (1900-1980), Soviet mathematician and hydrodynamicist, giving a lecture. Lavrentyevs work included studies of the physics of explosions

Sergei Lebedev, Soviet chemist
Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev (1874-1934), Soviet chemist. Lebedev is best known as the inventor of a method of making synthetic rubber

Alexey Lyapunov, Soviet mathematician
Alexey Andreevich Lyapunov (1911-1973), Soviet mathematician and computer scientist. Lyapunov was an early pioneer of computer science. He was a Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Vladimir Kotelnikov, Soviet engineer
Vladimir Aleksandrovich Kotelnikov (1908-2005), Soviet engineer. Kotelnikov, a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, specialized in radio technology and information theory

Boris Kukarkin, Soviet astrophysicist
Boris Vasilyevich Kukarkin (1909-1977), Soviet astrophysicist and astronomer, operating a calculating machine. Kukarkin, who worked for most of his career at Moscow University

Boris Kadomtsev, Soviet nuclear physicist
Boris Borisovich Kadomtsev (1928-1998), Soviet nuclear physicist, talking with a colleague (not seen). Kadomtsev was a pioneer in nuclear fusion research

Yulii Khariton, Soviet nuclear physicist
Yulii Borisovich Khariton (1904-1996), Soviet nuclear physicist. Khariton, who studied under Ernest Rutherford as a student, was the chief designer of the Soviet atomic bomb

Mstislav Keldysh, Soviet physicist
Mstislav Vsevolodovich Keldysh (1911-1978), Soviet physicist and mathematician. Keldysh spent the inter-war years working on better aerodynamical models for aircraft

Alexander Karpinsky, Soviet geologist
Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (1847-1936), Soviet geologist and mineralogist. Karpinsky completed the first geological map of European Russia. Many geographical features are named in his honour

Nikolai Kurnakov, Soviet chemist
Nikolai Semenovich Kurnakov (1860-1941), Soviet inorganic chemist and industrialist. Kurnakovs most famous discovery was a reaction used to distinguish between optical isomers of platinum compounds

Elepter Andronikashvili, Soviet physicist
Elepter Luarsabovich Andronikashvili (1910-1989), Soviet physicist, in a laboratory. Andronikashvili, a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Titov and Keldysh, Soviet space pioneers
Gherman Titov and Mstislav Keldysh at the conference for general disarmament and peace, Moscow, Russia, USSR, May 1962. Titov (left, 1935- 2000) was the second Soviet in space

Abel Aganbegyan, Soviet economist
Abel Aganbegyan (born 1932), Soviet economist and mathematician, writing on a blackboard. Aganbegyan, of Armenian descent

N. Dollezhal, Soviet nuclear engineer
Nikolay Antonovich Dollezhal (1899-2000), Soviet nuclear engineer, at a meeting of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Dollezhal participated in the Soviet atomic bomb project from 1946

Boris Bunkin, Russian space engineer
Boris Vasilyevich Bunkin (born 1922), Russian space engineer. Bunkin was the general designer of the Almaz Central Design Bureau

Belyaev with his selectively bred foxes
Dmitri Konstantinovich Belyaev (1917-1985), Soviet zoologist, with his selectively bred foxes. Belyaev, a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Anatoly Blagonravov, Soviet engineer
Anatoly A. Blagonravov (right, 1895-1975), Soviet engineer, showing a colleague a spacecraft model. Blagonravov is making a report at a congress of the American Rocket Society, in the USA, in 1959

Aleksey Bakh, Soviet biochemist
Aleksey Nikolayevich Bakh (1857-1946), Soviet biochemist, in a laboratory. Bakh was the founder of Soviet biochemistry, and became a member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1929

V. Ambartsumian, Soviet astrophysicist
Viktor Amazaspovich Ambartsumian (1908-1996), Soviet astrophysicist and astronomer. Ambartsumian was one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics

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The USSR Academy of Sciences, a prestigious institution that nurtured brilliant minds across various fields, was the epitome of Soviet intellectual prowess. From Artem Mikoyan, the renowned Soviet aircraft designer who revolutionized aviation technology, to Nikolai Basov, the visionary physicist whose work laid the foundation for laser development. In 1962, Beritashvili and his students gathered in Tbilisi, showcasing their dedication to scientific exploration. Meanwhile, Ivan Vinogradov's groundbreaking mathematical theories pushed boundaries and expanded our understanding of complex equations. Anatoly Alexandrov's engineering expertise propelled Soviet advancements in various industries while Georgy Flyorov's pioneering research in nuclear physics led to monumental discoveries. Otto Bader unearthed ancient civilizations as a prominent Soviet archaeologist. Within its walls stood Particle Accelerator C014/0142 - an awe-inspiring testament to human ingenuity and scientific progress. Vladimir Migulin delved into the depths of physics with unwavering curiosity while Vladimir Fock explored quantum mechanics with unparalleled brilliance. Leonid Sedov's contributions to physics were nothing short of extraordinary as he unraveled mysteries hidden within nature itself. And let us not forget Igor Spassky - a Russian naval engineer whose innovative designs ensured maritime superiority for the USSR. The USSR Academy of Sciences served as a beacon for aspiring intellectuals seeking knowledge and innovation. Its legacy continues to inspire generations worldwide by nurturing exceptional minds capable of shaping our future through science and discovery.