KURNAKOV.INSTITUTE

Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IGIC RAS) was established in 1934 after the integration of the Institute of Physicochemical Analysis created by Academician N.S. Kurnakov in 1918, the Institute for Study of Platinum and Other Precious Metals created by prof. L.A. Chugaev in 1918, the Laboratory of General Chemistry founded by M.V. Lomonosov in 1748, and the Physicochemical Department of the High Pressure Laboratory.