[The 275th anniversary of Russian Academy of Sciences and history of biophysics].

Within the framework of scientific arrangements devoted to the 275th Anniversary of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Second Congress of Biophysicists of Russia was held in Moscow from 23 to 27 August 1999 on the basis of the Lomonosov State University. More than 600 scientists from Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States took part in the Congress. Below we present abridged a report of the Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Prof. G.R. Ivanitskii. This report opened the Congress.