PROFESSOR D.D. IVANENKO AND HIS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

The article was written in connection with the 120th anniversary of the birth of Professor D.D. Ivanenko, the 30th anniversary of his death and the 80th anniversary of the founding of his seminar on theoretical physics at the Faculty of Physics of Lomonosov Moscow State University. The article outlines Ivanenko’s significant contribution to the development of key areas of fundamental physics of the twentieth century: nuclear physics, quantum theory and general relativity. In addition, his contribution to the organization of scientific activity in these areas in the form of all-Union conferences, symposia, gravity sections and permanent seminars is shown.