History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back HIGH-VOLTAGE scientific research CENTER OF THE ALL-RUSSIAN ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE named after V.I. LENIN. Istra Bondaletov V.N., Filippov V.G., Lemenchuk A.E., Lipatov V.S., Nikiforov M.G., Puresev N.I., Matveyev N.V., Savzikhanov R.K., Ivanov Ye.N. In the article is consecutively presented both the history of creation and the contemporary state VNITZ – of branch VEI in t. Istra. Is named the contribution of the concrete persons to creation and development of the most important center of domestic electrical engineering, and also successes and difficulties in the past years. Are presented problems and achievements in the creation of the systems of alternating and direct current, energy converters, unique test equipment, ozonizers, ultra-highvoltage and heavy current pulse technique, articles of power electronics and much of other. The activity of scientifically- auxiliary subdivisions is briefly presented. Key words: high-voltage; heavy current; pulse technique; converters; electronics. Pp. 71-86