The Laboratory of Superconductivity was founded in 1978 in the Institute of Solid State Physics in Chernogolovka. The first head of the laboratory was Vadim V. Shmidt. At the beginning of eighties experimental and theoretical researches of nonequilibrium were carried out. In 1983 an original superconducting quantum intereferometer (SQUID) based pico-voltmeter was developed. A new method of calibration was proposed by  Guennadi Logvenov and Valery Ryazanov. The group of Lev Vinnikov succeeded in visualizing Abrikosov vortexes by means of the decoration method. They investigated the pinning of vortexes at dislocations and grain boundaries in various superconductors. Natal'ya Tulina developed a method of supercoductivity parameters research using microcontact spectroscopy. In 1985 a clean room was set up for preparing samples by magnetron and thermal deposition. In 1986 Victor Larkin created the original SQUID magnetometer, and designed original software for Russian computers and automated all measurements procedures. Igor' Fomich Shegolev headed laboratory from 1986 to 1995. He worked at organic superconductors and was one of the leaders of organic superconductivity. The EMR deivce was created in 1988. The group of Vladimir Kopylov developed vibration sample magnetometer and investigated high temperatures samples in wide range of magnetic field. In 90s termoelectric and termomagnetic effects were investigated in high-Tc superconducotrs and hetorestructures by Guennadi Logvenov, Victor Larkin, Valery Ryazanov et all. Valery Ryazanov has headed laboratory since 1995. Alexey Ustinov and Igor Vernik observed supersolitones and multiple vortexes in long Josephson junction. New Josephson      perconductor-ferromagnetic-superconductor junctions are investigated by Alexander Veretennikov, Victor Larkin, Alexander Rusanov, Vladimir Oboznov, and Valery Ryazanov.