History of PNPI
Directors of PNPI

Brief History of PNPI

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Boris Pavlovich Konstantinov

(23 June (6 July) 1910, Saint-Petrsburg – 9 July 1969, Leningrad)

Eminent Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953 and academician since 1960; vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 8 February 1966 to 9 July 1969). Hero of socialist labor, awardee of two Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, laureate of the Stalin (1953) and Lenin (1958) prizes.

LNPI (presently PNPI NRC KI) is named after Boris P. Konstantinov.

1954
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Commencement of the construction of a branch of A.F. loffe Physical-Technical Institute (Ioffe Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

1956
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A branch of the A.F. loffe Physical-Technical Institute (Ioffe Institute) of the USSR Academy of Sciences is established in Gatchina; the construction of the WWR-M reactor starts.

Physical start of the WWR-M reactor.

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1959

Commissioning of WWR-M reactor.

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1961
1967
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physical start of the proton synchrocyclotron SC-1000.

1970
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Commissioning of the proton synchrocyclotron SC-1000.

1971
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Oleg I.
Sumbaev
becomes the director of the Institute 1971-1985

Reorganization of the branch of the Ioffe Institute into an independent establishment – B. P. Konstantinov Leningrad Nuclear PhysicsInstitute of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

The construction of the reactor complex PIK starts.

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1976
Alexey A.
Vorobyev
becomes the director of the Institute1985-1992
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1985
1992
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Alexey A.
Anselm
becomes the director of the Institute1992-1994

Leningrad Nuclear Physics Institute is renamed Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

1994
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Vladimir A.
Nazarenko
becomes the director of the Institute1994-2006

The Institute obtains the status of State scientific center of Russia.

2006
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Vladimir M.
Samsonov
becomes the director of the Institute 2006-2012
2010
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PNPI joins the program on the collaborative activity of organizations participating in the pilot project for the establishment of the NRC "Kurchatov Institute".

2011
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Physical start of the PIK reactor.

PNPI becomes a part of the NRC “Kurchatov Institute”.

2012
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Victor L.
Aksenov
becomes the director of the Institute2012-2015
2013
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Comprehensive start-up of the isochronous cyclotron C-80.

The construction of the second and third start-up complexes of the Reactor Complex PIK is completed.

2015
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Denis Y.
Minkin
becomes the director of the Institute 2015-2017
2016
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A proton beam with design parameters produced at the C-80 isochronous cyclotron

2017
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Acting Director of the Institute, Director of the Institute Sergey E. Gorchakov  Since 2017 till present

PIK Data Processing Center was put into service

Directors of PNPI

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Boris Pavlovich Konstantinov

(23 June (6 July) 1910, Saint-Petrsburg – 9 July 1969, Leningrad)

Eminent Soviet physicist, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953 and academician since 1960; vice-president of the USSR Academy of Sciences (from 8 February 1966 to 9 July 1969). Hero of socialist labor, awardee of two Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, laureate of the Stalin (1953) and Lenin (1958) prizes.

LNPI (presently PNPI NRC KI) is named after Boris P. Konstantinov.

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Oleg I.
Sumbaev
becomes the director of the Institute 1971-1985
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Alexey A.
Vorobyev
becomes the director of the Institute 1985-1992
Alexey A.
Anselm
becomes the director of the Institute 1992-1994
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Vladimir A.
Nazarenko
becomes the director of the Institute 1994-2006
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Vladimir M.
Samsonov
becomes the director of the Institute 2006-2011
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Victor L.
Aksenov
becomes the director of the Institute 2012-2015
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Denis Y.
Minkin
becomes the director of the Institute 2015-2017
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Sergey E. Gorchakov Acting Director of the Institute, Director of the Institute Since 2017 till present
фгбу пияф им. Б. П. Константинова Национальный исследовательский центр Курчатовский институт