On 25 March 2019, in the frames of the session of the Committee of Plenipotentiary Representatives of JINR Member States held on this day, a ceremonial opening of the alley named after Academician Andrzej Hrynkiewicz was held. A. Hrynkiewicz was a famous Polish scientist and organizer of science, JINR Vice-Director in 1966 – 1968, whose scientific biography was closely connected with the Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions JINR.

JINR Director V. A. Matveev, JINR Vice-Director M. G. Itkis, CPP Chairman M. M. Kotyukov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Bulgaria in JINR L. Kostov, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Government of Poland in JINR M. Waligórski, Member of the JINR Scientific Council M. Budzyński and FLNR Scientific Leader Yu. Ts. Oganessian took part in the ceremonial opening of the alley. The ceremony was also attended by CPP members, representatives of the JINR Directorate, leaders of the JINR Laboratories and the Institute’s departments.

On the occasion of this memorable event, the JINR Publishing Department issued the photo booklet “Andrzej Hrynkiewicz. 1925–2016” with texts by M. Budzyński, M. Waligórski, W. Chmielowski, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, and M. G. Itkis.

Photos by Elena Puzynina