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It is named after Petr Nikolaevich Lebedev. In Russian it is often referred to by the acronym FIAN (ФИАН): the FI stands for Fizicheskii Institut and the AN stands for Akademiya Nauk (Academy of Sciences).
In addition to very broad scientific developments, the institute is known for perfecting a technique of crystallizing cubic zirconia (which was called Fianit in Russia, named after FIAN).
FIAN web site (in Russian)