In 1946 a group of leading Soviet scientists wrote a letter to Joseph Stalin, explaining
the need for the education Institute of a new type, which would merge the strong theoretical
education with the hands-on training in the frontier areas of technology.
Stalin signed an order and MIPT was born in Dolgoprudnij (Long Lakes), a small town near Moscow. This town
was once a home to Alfred Nobel when he was helping to build. The group of scientists
included among the others Nobel Prize laureates Kapitsa, Landau and Semenov.
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