of Physics and Technology. was the organizer and first Dean of the Faculty of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. was engaged in mathematical education of secondary school pupils. History Milestones The institute is located in Moscow, Russia. In 1978, it is named after Mstislav Keldysh. The institute was created in 1966 when it split from Steklov Institute of Mathematics. Already as the Department of Applied Mathematics of Steklov Institute it had conducted some outstanding research in the field of space exploration: in 1953 it developed the method of ballistic spacecraft descent, that was used on 12 April 1961 for Yuri Gagarin's return to the Earth, and in 1957 Sputnik 1 orbit was calculated there using the computer processing of optical observation data. As a result of the reorganization in RAS of 2015–2016 years Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology became a branch of KIAM. Principals 1953–1978 Keldysh, Mstislav Vsevolodovich, President of the USSR Academy of Sciences, mathematician. 1978–1989 Tikhonov, Andrey Nikolayevich, Academician of RAS, mathematician. 1989–1999 Kurdyumov, Sergei Pavlovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, mathematician. 1999–2008 Popov, Yuriy Petrovich, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, mathematician. 2008–2015 Chetverushkin, Boris Nikolaevich, Academician of RAS, mathematician. The organizations that were separated out 1955 — Dorodnitsyn Computing Centre. 1965 — Space Research Institute, established on the basis of one of the departments of KIAM to develop scientific space flight programs. 1990 — Institute for Mathematical Modelling, based on department . Famous faculty and alumni Gelfand, Israel Moiseevich, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, mathematician of world renown. Godunov, Sergei Konstantinovich, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, mathematician of world renown. Lyapunov, Alexey Andreevich, Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Sciences, one of the founders of cybernetics in the USSR. Okhotsimsky, Dmitry Yevgenyevich, Academician of RAS, cosmonautics and robotics. Eneev, Timur Magometovich, Academician of RAS, cosmonautics and cosmogony. Yablonsky, Sergey Vsevolodovich, Corresponding Member of RAS, one of the founders of cybernetics in the USSR. Yanenko, Nikolai Nikolaevich, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, mathematician and engineer. Zel'dovich, Yakov Borisovich, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences, nuclear physics и astrophysics. References External links Institute web site Educational institutions established in 1966 Mathematical institutes Institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union Research institutes in the Soviet Union 1966 establishments in the Soviet Union