History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Legendary FIAN in recollections of its Legendary Scientists V.M. Berezanskaya Presented set of texts is compiled from the fragments of public speeches and interview with the outstanding scientists of Lebedev Physical Institute who recollect various events of the institute life starting even from Leningrad period. In the bright vivid manner they talk about their work, their colleagues and circumstances in which they sometimes found themselves. Key words: nuclear physics, cosmic rays, Vavilov-Cherenkov effect, radio-physics, radio-astronomy, radio-spectroscopy, optical telescopes, synchrotron e-mail: bereza@sci.lebedev.ru