ITMiVT Lebedev Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences
History
2025: Fire at Institute Building
On the evening of February 19, 2025 To Moscow , the building of the Institute of Computer Engineering named after S. A. Lebedev. The fire spread over an area of about 1.5 thousand square meters.
According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, about 30 people left the administrative building on their own. The fire was assigned an increased level of complexity. The Ka-32 helicopter of the Moscow Aviation Center, more than 170 employees and 50 pieces of equipment were involved in extinguishing the fire. Aviation dropped 400 tons of fire extinguishing liquid on the hearth. Information about the victims as of February 20, 2025 was not received. The cause of the fire is being established.
InAs noted by the Telegram channel Shot, booming sounds of explosions are heard from the territory of the object that caught fire. Almost nothing remained of the building itself: the walls of the institute and the roof collapsed. Traffic on nearby streets was seriously hampered.
The Institute of Precision Mechanics and Computer Engineering named after S. A. Lebedev RAS has existed since 1948. The series computers were created here, BESM as well as the unique Elbrus-1 and Elbrus-2 complexes. The Institute is engaged in the development and production of computer equipment, electronic modules and blocks. In addition, it provides research, design, production, repair, service and educational services. Customers are law enforcement agencies, federal and local authorities, industrial enterprises and organizations.
One of the products of the institute is the hardware and software complex SORM of ARI, created to ensure the collection and processing of data as part of operational-search measures (). ORM The product is intended for introduction into information systems of information distribution organizers, owners of autonomous systems and hosting providers.[1]