General Director:     Dr. Sergey Donchenko

Address:                Mendeleevo, Solnechnogorsky District, 141570, Moscow Region, Russia

Telephone:             +7 (495) 526-63-00

E-mail:                   director(at)vniiftri.ru

Web:                      http://vniiftri.ru

VNIIFTRI with its regional branches is a national metrology institute, which maintains and operates national primary and secondary standards in various metrology areas such as time and frequency, long distances, positioning, radio frequency measurements, magnetism, low temperature and thermophysical properties, high pressure, hardness of metals, sound in air and water, electrochemistry (pH, ions, electrolytic conductivity), disperse parameters of aerosols, suspensions and powders, ionizing radiation and nuclear constants. The institute also develops acousto-optic methods of measurement and provides metrology solutions to construction industry needs.

VNIIFTRI has the status of a State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation; it serves as the Main Metrology Center for State Service for Standard Frequency, Time and Determination of Parameters of Rotation of the Earth, supporting its operation in cooperation with other institutions.

VNIIFTRI has 3 branches:

VNIIFTRI East-Siberian branch (ESB)

Director:          Dr. Konstantin Konstantinov

Address:          57 Borodina Str., 664056, Irkutsk, Russia

Telephone:       (3952) 468303, 463848

E-mail:             const(at)vniiftri-irk.ru

The East-Siberian Branch is a metrology centre responsible for providing the uniformity of measurements in astro-optical and satellite determinations of Earth Rotation Parameters. 

It is also a centre for time and frequency standards in the East Siberian region, national primary standards for the dielectric parameters of substances and materials, and the humidity of gases.

VNIIFTRI Far East branch (FEB)

Director:             Dr. Gennadiy Kalinov

Address:          65 K. Marks Str., 680000, Khabarovsk, Russia

Telephone:       (4212) 329268

E-mail:             director-df(at)dfvniiftri.ru

The Far-Eastern Branch is a regional metrology centre for time and frequency standards in the Far East region. It is also involved in providing the uniformity of ultrasonic measurements in solids.

VNIIFTRI Kamchatka branch (KB)

Director:             Dr. Vladislav Sobolev

Address:          Russian Federation, 683002, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Severo- Vostochnoye highway, 30, P.O.Box 26

Phone:             (4152) 497541

E-mail:             hronos(at)mail.kamchatka.ru

The Kamchatka Branch is a regional metrology centre, which is part of the State Service for Standard Frequency, Time and Determination of Parameters of Rotation of the Earth.