On the 65th Anniversary of the Laboratory of Crystal Optics at the Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Scie
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On the 65th Anniversary of the Laboratory of Crystal Optics at the Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences T. F. Veremeіchik and A. F. Konstantinova Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskiі pr. 59, Moscow, 119333 Russia DOI: 10.1134/S1063774510060283
N.E. Vedeneeva
S.V. GrumGrzhimaіlo
The year 2010 marks the 65th Anniversary of the Laboratory of Crystal Optics at the Shubnikov Insti tute of Crystallography, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS). There are certain elements that must be the first to form any aggregate. One such element for the Institute of Crystallography was the Laboratory of Crystal Optics. The Institute of Crystallography, USSR Academy of Sciences, was founded in Novem ber 1943. In April 1944 Nina Evgen’evna Vedeneeva, Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, was appointed to the Scientific Council of the new institute. The optical group, which became thereafter the Laboratory of Crystal Optics, was organized by Vedeneeva in 1945. S.V. GrumGrzhimaіlo and N.M. Melankholin actively participated in its formation. There were only four crystallography laboratories at the newly formed institute: the Laboratory of Crys tallography (headed by Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences A.V. Shubnikov), the Laboratory of Crystal Structure and Morphology (Prof. H.V. Belov), the Laboratory of Mechanical Properties of Crystals (Prof. M.V. KlassenNekly
N.M. Melankholin
udova), and the Laboratory of Crystal Optics (Dr. Vedeneeva). The necessity for each laboratory is obvious; how ever, crystal optics has especially deep roots. Later Shubnikov wrote two excellent books on the funda mentals of optical crystallography; he had also patents and many publications on the optical techniques and measurements of optical constants. First Shubnikov and then GrumGrzhimaіlo gave lectures on crystal optics at the Faculty of Physics of Moscow State Uni versity. According to A.E. Fersman, “Crystal is the ideal state of matter, that deep internal order to which nature tends and in which it finds its eternal, invariable forms.” Out of all the experimental methods, only optical ones are in harmony with nature, retaining its “deep internal order.” The Laboratory of Crystal Optics was successfully headed by Vedeneeva (1945–1955), Grum Grzhimaіlo (1956–1965), and B.N. Grechushnikov (1966–1991), the prominent scientists of those years. They had a rare research gift, remarkable erudition, and a wide range of scientific interests.
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ON THE 65th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LABORATORY
Let us consider the studies by Vedeneeva, Sof’ya Vladimirovna GrumGrzhimaіlo, and some col leagues from their laboratory in more detail. Nina Evgen’evna Vedeneeva (1882–1955) was born in Tbilisi into a talented and friendly family. Her brother, B.E. Vedeneev (later an academician of USSR Academy of Sciences) worked as the main engi neer at Dneprostroі. Currently, the Research Institute of Hydroengineering is named after him. After graduating from school, Vedeneeva s
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