GosNIIOKhT
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| Parent institution | Ministry of Industry and Trade (Russia) |
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| Founder | Soviet Union |
| Established | January 10, 1924 |
| Formerly called | Research Institute No. 42 |
| Address | Shosse Entuziastov, 23 |
| Location | Moscow |
| Website | gosniiokht |
55°45′16″N 37°43′46″E / 55.75444°N 37.72944°E
The State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology (Russian: Государственный научно-исследовательский институт органической химии и технологии, romanized: Gosudarstvennyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy institut organicheskoy khimii i tekhnologii) (GosNIIOKhT) is a Russian research institute engaged in the development of chemical technologies for use in the national economy and the production of relevant goods and products.
During the cold war, the institute participated in the development of chemical weapons for the Soviet Union, notably the Novichok family of nerve agents, one of the most lethal nerve agent families.