The Institute of Solid State Physics (ISSP) was organized in 15
February, 1963 by the USSR Academy of Sciences in order to realize an optimal
combination and interplay of fundamental studies in condensed matter physics and
materials science. The decisive contributions to the formation of problems and
principles of organization of the ISSP were made by the prominent physical
metallurgist academician Georgii Viatscheslavovich Kurdyumov, academician Jurii
Andreevich Ossipyan, and corresponding member of the USSR Ac Sci Tscheslav
Vasil''evich Kopetskii.
