Photo Gallery:
distinguished people of PhysMech faculty and Politechnical Institute --
portraits and memorial plates
(click to enlarge)

"Politechnicians who brought fame to our country"

Portraits in Main Building
(links from names - to Wikipedia)

1. Nikolay Semenov	2. Pyotr Kapitsa	3. Igor Kurchatov

Translation: 1. Semenov Nikolay Nikolaevich (1896 - 1986). Chemist and physicist, member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1932, the USSR Academy of Sciences vice-prezident (1963 - 1971), Hero of Socialist Labour, twice (1966, 1976), Nobel prizer in chemistry 1956. 2. Kapitsa Pyotr Leonidovich (1894 - 1984). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1939, Hero of Socialist Labour, twice (1945, 1974), Nobel prizer in physics 1978. 3. Kurchatov Igor Vasilievich (1903 - 1960). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1943, Hero of Socialist Labour, thrice (1949, 1951, 1954).

4. Yulii Khariton	5. Kirill Shchelkin	6. Anatoly Alexandrov

Translation: 4. Khariton Yulii Borisovich (1904 - 1996). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953, Hero of Socialist Labour, thrice (1949, 1951, 1954). 5. Shchelkin Kirill Ivanovich (1911 - 1968). Physicist. Correspondent member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953, Hero of Socialist Labour, thrice (1949, 1951, 1954). 6. Alexandrov Anatoly Petrovich (1903 - 1994). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1953, the USSR Academy of Sciences prezident (1975 - 1985), Hero of Socialist Labour, thrice (1954, 1960, 1973).

7. Б.П. Константинов	8. Georgy Flyorov	9. Corridor in MB -- with portraits

Translation: 7. Konstantinov Boris Pavlovich (1910 - 1969). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1960, the USSR Academy of Sciences vice-prezident (1966 - 1969), Hero of Socialist Labour (1954). 8. Flyorov Georgy Nikolaevich (1913 - 1990). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1968, Hero of Socialist Labour (1949).

10. Nikolay Dollezhal	11. Abraham Alikhanov	12. Oleg Antonov

Translation: 10. Dollezhal Nikolay Antonovich (1899 - 2000). Energy specialist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1962, Hero of Socialist Labour, twice (1949, 1984). 11. Alikhanov Abraham Isaakovich (1904 - 1970). Physicist. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1943, Hero of Socialist Labour (1954). 12. Antonov Oleg Konstantinovich (1906 - 1984). Aircraft designer. Member of USSR Academy of Sciences since 1981, Hero of Socialist Labour (1966).

Memorial plates in Main Building
(and on the outside -- to Kapitsa and Khariton)

1. Pyotr Kapitsa	2. Mikhail Koshkin	3. Н.Л. Духов

Translation: 1. Here academician Pyotr Leonidovoch Kapitsa (1894 - 1984) studied and worked in 1912 - 1921. Nobel Prizer. Hero of Socialist Labour, twice. 2. In this building studied in 1929 - 1934 Mikhail Il'ich Koshkin, prominent engineer, tank T-34 main developer. 3. Here studied in 1928 - 1932 Nikolay Leonidovich Duhov (1904 - 1964), heavy tanks developer and one of our Homeland nuclear shield creator. Correspondent member of USSR Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labour, thrice.

4. С.П. Изотов	5. Nikolai Polikarpov	6. Georgy Beriev

Translation: 4. Here studied in 1937 - 1941 Sergey Petrovich Izotov (1917 - 1983). Prominent engineer, developed many engines for aviation, rockets and tanks. Hero of Socialist Labour. Laureate of Lenin and State prizes. 5. In this building studied in 1911 - 1916 Nikolai Nikolaevich Polikarpov (1892 - 1944), prominent aircraft designer. Hero of Socialist Labour. 6. In this building studied in 1925 - 1930 Georgy Mihailovich Beriev (1903 - 1979), prominent aircraft designer.

Memorial plates at entrance to our building #2

1. Abram Ioffe	2. Б.П. Константинов

3. П.И. Лукирский	4. Т.Н. Соколов

Translation: 1. Here in 1906 - 1948 worked outstanding soviet physicist academician A.F. Ioffe, founder of the Faculty (Institute) of Physics and Mechanics. 2. Here in 1946 - 1969 worked prominent physicist, the USSR Academy of Sciences vice-prezident academician Boris Pavlovich Konstantinov (1910 - 1969). 3. In this building in 1945 - 1954 worked prominent soviet physicist academician Lukirsky Pyotr Ivanovich (1894 - 1954). 4. Here in 1952 - 1972 worked prominent soviet scientist in a region of control systems professor Taras Nikolaevich Sokolov (1911 - 1979), Hero of Socialist Labour, Laureate of Lenin and State prizes.

Ioffe Institute

1. Near gate	2. General view	3. Abram Ioffe bust

1. Left memor. plates to Khariton, Zhirkov; Alexandrov, Frenkel, Tuchkevich.	2. Main entrance with memorial plates	3. Right memor. plates to Kurchatov, Konstantinov, Semenov.