Karpov Institute, established in 1918, is famous for its location in Central Moscow, its architecture, and numerous scientific advancements of the past. When A.N. Frumkin moved to Moscow from Odessa in 1922, it was ideal for him to join this institute headed by biochemist Alexei N. Bakh. The first generation of Frumkin school was raised within these walls, where solid links were formed between the interfacial phenomena and electrochemical research in 1920s.
Currently, Karpov Institute is completely dissolved in some state agency, and its former laboratories are destroyed (this is a photo from February 2022). Archives are moved to an inaccessible place, the residual scientists are either retired, or hired by academic institutions. The destiny of Karpov Institute area (a large old park with several historical buildings) is hardly tied to science any more. We were lucky to study a small part of the archive documents before the devastating changes occurred.
Jubilee book of Karpov Institute, 1968 , in Russian
Less formal historiographer of Karpov Institute is Anatoly S. Sadovsky. His texts in Russian are scattered accross the Internet, and certain details are not documented, but there are many useful remarks and Refs.