40 years ago

№ 42 (2831) 29 October, 1986

Today is the birthday of the Komsomol. This year, the Honorary Diploma of the Central Committee of the Socialist Youth Union of Czechoslovakia was presented to the Komsomol of the Institute for long-term and fruitful cooperation.

The meeting of the members of the Komsomol and SYU CSSR was attended by Advisor to the Embassy of Czechoslovakia in Moscow Z. Gatle, the employee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia K. Kashak, the employee of the Foreign Department of the Presidium of the Czech Academy of Sciences M. Vrablikova, Head of the Group of Czechoslovak employees at JINR M. Finger

The meeting of the members of the Komsomol and SYU CSSR was attended by Advisor to the Embassy of Czechoslovakia in Moscow Z. Gatle, the employee of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia K. Kashak, the employee of the Foreign Department of the Presidium of the Czech Academy of Sciences M. Vrablikova, Head of the Group of Czechoslovak employees at JINR M. Finger.

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As Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of JINR Grigory Shirkov said, recently the style of work of the Council has changed - it has become more focused, particular, new areas have appeared in it. Every year, the Institute CYSS holds a series of competitions. First of all, this is a competition of papers of young scientists in research and methodology. This year, 16 series of papers were presented. For the third time, an institute competition was held for the best project of the experiment (its "founders" are Komsomol members of DLNP). And this year, three schools were held, in which about 250 young JINR scientists took part. Schools on philosophical problems of natural science were held on the Moscow Sea. CYSS of LHEP held a High Energy Physics School. The Physics School was successfully held at the Volga pioneer camp; its Organizing Committee was chaired by JINR Vice Director Professor E. Entralgo.

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"The young workers of the JINR Technical Support Department, Komsomol members Igor Volkov and Alexey Tikhonov, together with other employees of our Institute, from 4 August to 3 October, participated in the elimination of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident. They ensured with high responsibility that construction and installation teams were united with work control points. I. Volkov and A. Tikhonov were awarded Diplomas of the Pripyat city committee of the Communist Party of Ukraine - "for selfless work, courage and heroism shown during the liquidation of the consequences of the Chernobyl accident" and Certificates of Honor of the Construction Department No. 605 - "for valiant, selfless work in fulfilling responsible tasks to eliminate the consequences of the Chernobyl accident and the high professional skills shown at the same time, courage and loyalty to duty," Head of TSD V. Ktitarev said.

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In 1961, a Branch of the Research Institute of Nuclear Physics of Moscow State University was organized in Dubna. The initiators of its establishment were Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences D.I. Blokhintsev and Academician V.I. Veksler that with the support of Academician S.N. Vernov, Director of the Research Institute of Physics and Technology of Moscow State University, managed to prove the prospects of establishing an educational and scientific department of the university in Dubna, working in close cooperation with JINR. D.I. Blokhintsev and V.I. Veksler became Heads of the then opened departments of the Physics Faculty of Moscow State University: Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics. Yu. N. Lobanov was appointed Director of the Branch that in the early years, had to meet many problems in organizing the activities of the new staff.

22 years ago

№ 41 (3729) 29 October, 2004

The 19th Russian Conference on RuPAC-2004 Charged Particle Accelerators was held in Dubna. It was organized by the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Ministry of Industry and Energy of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, RFBR and JINR. The extensive topics of the Conference included modern trends in the development of accelerators, scientific and technical aspects of the operation of accelerator technology, the use of accelerators for medical and industrial purposes. Specialists from many Acceleration Centres from both Russia and abroad - Germany, Georgia, Italy, USA, Switzerland, Japan arrived in Dubna. Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the current Conference Director of JINR, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. G. Kadyshevsky recalled, "The initiative to hold these conferences belongs to Academician A. L. Mints. The first was held in 1968 in Moscow. Moscow, Dubna, Protvino have more than once hosted Acceleration Conferences from this series."

Columnist Irina LEONOVICH, Photo by Vladimir PECHENOV