Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
TsAGI's Engineering building (centre) and stall-spin testing aerodynamic tube (left, built 1941) | |
Native name | Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского |
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| Company type | federal state unitary enterprise |
| Industry | Aerospace |
| Founded | 1918 |
| Founder | Nikolay Zhukovsky |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Owner | Russian Federation |
Number of employees | 4,392 (2013) |
| Website | tsagi |
The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, Russian: Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ, romanized: Tsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut, TsAGI) is a Russian national research centre for aviation. It was founded in Moscow by Russian aviation pioneer Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky on December 1, 1918.