History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back V.A. ILYIN IS THE TEACHER OF THE COURSE «HISTORY OF PHYSICS», HISTORIAN AND POPULARIZER OF SCIENCE V.V. Kudryavtsev The fundamental contribution of the professor of Moscow Pedagogical State University Vadim Alekseevich Ilyin to the teaching of the discipline «History of physics» at the faculty of physics of MPSU (now IFTIS MPSU) is considered. It is told about the current state of teaching the history of physics at IFTIS MPGU. The activity of V.A. Ilyin as a historian of science, who carried out a number of important studies in the fi eld of the history of Russian radiophysics, is discussed. Considerable attention is paid to the description of his work to popularize the achievements of modern physics. In conclusion, the scientifi c and educational projects in which Vadim Alekseevich took part are described. Keywords: teaching the history of physics at the university, multimedia lecture, textbook on the history of physics, history of radiophysics, Russian scientific schools in radiophysics, popularization of modern physics. DOI: 10.25791/intstg.6.2021.1283 Pp. 21-33.