The Division of the Relativistic Astrophysics was founded in 1982
by academician Ya.B.Zeldovich.
Researchers of the department studied the problems, the range of which was reflected mainly in the famous book by Ya.B.Zeldovich and I.D.Novikov "Relativistic Astrophysics". Since then, many famous scintists have worked as of with the members of the Department, among whose, for example are L.P.Grischuk and A.L.Zelmanov.
The memorial page of Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich.
History before 1999.
Year 2015: About the department (by N.I. Shakura)
Historical photos of the department members at the SAI MSU Photo Archive
Science art by Vladimir Lipunov
