From the history of Accelerator Division

1973 year. Examination of the project of Meson Facility. Pronin O.D., Serov V.L., Lobashev V.M., Tavkhelidze A.N.	Accelerator Division was established on May 15, 1973. Creation of the linear accelerator of hydrogen ions with the energy of 600 MeV and the average current up to 0.5 mA was the basic task of the Division. Accelerators with these parameters are effective tools for medium energy physics, neutrons science, applied research in radiation physics, materials science, medicine and in other areas. Professor S. K. Esin was appointed the Head of the Accelerating Division.
1990 year. From left to right: Ostroumov P.N., Kravchuk L.V., Serov V.L., Feschenko A.V., Esin S.K.	The leaders of the Division: Professor Esin Sergey Konstantinovich (1973-1998) Professor Ostroumov Petr Nikolaevich (1998-1999) Professor Alexander Vladimirovich Feschenko is in charge of the Division since 1999.
The first accelerated up to 20 MeV beam was obtained at the turn of 1988. The regular work of the accelerator for fundamental and applied research programs is conducted since 1993 year.	1987 year. The leaders of the Academy of Sciences and INR observe installation of the last drift tube tank of the accelerator. The second from the left - S.K. Esin, the fourth - E.P. Velihov, the fifth – A.N. Tavkhelidze. The first from the right – Z.P. Zarapetyan, second - M.A. Markov, the third – the President of the Academy of Sciences - Aleksandrov A.P.