Akusticheskii Zhurnal and the Andreev Acoustics Institute

In 2003, the Andreev Acoustics Institute celebrated its 50th birthday. The formation of the institute in the framework of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, which occurred in 1953, lead to the appearance of the Akusticheskii Zhurnal (Acoustical Physics). This journal always reflected the main achievements of the scientists from the Acoustics Institute. The leading scientists of the institute, in their turn, always took an active part in the work of the editorial board of the journal. In the present paper, the history of the Acoustics Institute is briefly reviewed and its current areas of research are outlined. The role of the institute in the development of acoustical research in Russia is discussed.