On 4 March, the 115th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Iosifovich Veksler (1907–1966) is celebrated. He was a prominent experimental physicist, one of the JINR founding fathers, the first Director of JINR Laboratory of High Energies, and academician. He was also one of the founders of accelerator technology in the USSR and creator of the legendary JINR Synchrophasotron (10 GeV).
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