The Federal State Unitary Enterprise Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (, abbreviated as TsNIIKhM or CNIIHM) is a research institute in Russia, established in 1894. Its headquarters are in Nagatinskaya Street in

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History

The institute's foundation in 1894 is directly related to the formation of the gunpowder industry of the

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. The base for the institute was the Central Factory Laboratory of the Okhtinsky Powder Plant. During the Soviet period, it became one of the state research institutes of the

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, focussing on the development of explosives and weapons design, and later aerospace engineering for the Soviet rocketry program. During this period, it was awarded the

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and the

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Present day

The institute continues to work in the field of defense and national security, and developing high-tech

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and civilian products for major industries. it was listed on the Swiss

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Sanctions/Embargoes list, and the U.S. Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control

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list. In 2018,

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, a company that researches cyber-security, reported that the Triton malware most likely came from CNIIHM.

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* {{Authority control 1894 establishments in the Russian Empire Chemical industry in Russia Research institutes in Russia Research institutes in the Soviet Union