Fyodor Ivanovich Dubovitsky: A Talented Scientist and Science Facilitator. Part 1

The article presents an essay on the life and scientific work of Fyodor Ivanovich Dubovitsky (1907–1999), a major Soviet and Russian scientist, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Chemistry and Professor. He is a recognized specialist in the field of kinetics of chemical reactions, chemistry and physics of combustion and explosion. The name of F. I. Dubovitsky is associated with the design, construction, opening and operation of the research test site in the village of Chernogolovka (Moscow Oblast).
Subsequently, the Branch of the Institute of Chemical Physics (ICP) of the USSR Academy of Sciences was created on the basis of this test site (renamed as the Department of the ICP of the USSR Academy of Sciences). It was headed by F. I. Dubovitsky. In 1991, the Institute of Chemical Physics of the RAS in Chernogolovka was established on the basis of the Department of the ICP of the USSR Academy of Sciences, renamed in 1997 as the Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics of the RAS (since 2022 – the Federal Research Center of Problems of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry of the RAS). Together with the Academician N. N. Semenov, F. I. Dubovitsky was one of the founders of the Scientific Center in Chernogolovka, which later became famous all over the world.
The first part of the article tells about the life path of F. I. Dubovitsky and his achievements in the field of organizing scientific research.

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