Location Novocherkassk, Russia Parent organization CJSC Transmashholding | Official language Russia Staff 384 | |
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Formation November 21, 1958; 58 years ago (1958-11-21) Coordinates 47°28′14.6″N 40°03′56.6″E |
The Research and Development Institute of Electric Locomotive Engineering (ElNII) was created in 1958 in pursuance of two Government Resolutions "Of Fifteen-Year Master Railway Electrification Plan for the Period of 1956-1971" (1956) and "Of Actions for Insurance of Manufacture of Main-Line Electric Locomotives for Railway Transports" (1958).
The task of VElNII was to perform research and development works and based on the obtained results to creation innovative types of electric locomotives conforming to the conditions and requirements of operation on railways.
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History
November 21, 1958 - Date of ELNII (Scientific and Research Institute on Electric Locomotives Building) foundation
June 25, 1963 - Date of reorganization into All-Union Scientific and Research, Planning and Design Technological Institute on Electric Locomotives Building – VELNII
January, 1993 - Establishing of Open Joint Stock Company "VELNII“
Researches
Experts of the institute resolve a large quantity of complicated scientific and technical issues, among which are:
Directors of the Institute
- A.L. Kurochka (1958—1962)
- E.A. Smikov (1962—1964)
- B.R. Bondarenko (1964—1966)
- A.A. Surovikov (1966—1969)
- N.A. Kovalev (1969—1973)
- A.I. Savenko (1973—1978)
- V.P. Yanov (1978—1978)
- V.G. Scherbakov (1987—1999)
- L.N. Sorin (1999—2005)
- V.G. Naimushin (2005—2008)
- Y.A. Orlov (2008—2011)
- A.I. Zhirkov (2011–present)