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Last update of repository: 15 March 2020

Institut fizicheskikh problem im. P.L. Kapitsy RAN (IFP)


Memorial'nyi muzei-kabinet P.L. Kapitsy
[P.L. Kapitsa Memorial Cabinet-Museum]

Telephone: +7 499 137-32-30

E-mail: [email protected]

Website: http://www.kapitza.ras.ru/museum/;  http://www.museum.ru/M1632

Opening hours: by appointment

Holdings

Total: over 3,000 units; late 19th c.–1984
MSS of scientific works—80 units; correspondence—2,500 units

The museum honors the well-known Soviet physicist and academician (since 1939), who was one of the leading researchers in high-temperature physics and physics of high-magnetic fields. The memorial holdings include original documents, P.L. Kapita personal fond (http://kapitza.ras.ru/museum/funds.htm, 332 files, 1921–1993), photographic materials and albums, and sound recordings of gold-medal award ceremonies. Kapitsa’s personal library, also held in the museum, includes many books with dedicatory autographs of well-known scientists and cultural personalia.

Many of Kapitsa’s personal papers have been deposited in the Archive of the Academy (ARAN—E-1, fond 2197; electronically: http://isaran.ru/isaran/isaran.php?pa...).


Working conditions:
Researchers are received in the working offices of the museum.

Reference facilities:
A card file of manuscripts has been compiled.


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