HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY AND GRAVIMETRY DEPARTMENT SAGI - SSGA (NIIGAiK)
In March, 2019 85 years have passed since the foundation of the Department of Astronomy, organized in Siberian Astronomic Geodetic Institute (SAGI) in Omsk. During the years the Department changed its name, entered the Department of High Geodesy and left it. But during all these years of its existence the level of its scientific and teaching staff remained high, which let train highly-qualified specialists in the spheres of astronomic geodesy, space geodesy and navigation. This article traces the history of the department.