Lebedev Physical Institute
The
Lebedev Physical Institute of the
Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian research institute specializing in
physics. It can also be referred to as the
Lebedev Institute of Physics or just the
Lebedev Institute.
It is named after
Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev. In Russian it is often referred to by the acronym
FIAN (ФИАН): the FI stands for
Fizicheskii Institut (Physical institute) and the AN stands for
Akademiya Nauk (Academy of Sciences).
In addition to very broad scientific developments, the institute is known for perfecting a technique of crystallizing
cubic zirconia (which was called
Fianit in Russia, named after FIAN). In recent years the institute has emerged as a leading center of research in
physical economics.
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Sergey Vavilov (1934–1951)#
Dmitri Skobeltsyn (1951–1972)#
Nikolay Basov (1973–1988)#
Leonid Keldysh (1988–1994)#
Oleg Krokhin (1994–2004)#
Gennadii Mesyats (2004–)
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FIAN web site (in Russian)
