The Ye.T. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (The Gaidar Institute) is a major center of economic research and training in Russia. Among its founders is HVE Academy of National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation (presently--the Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation). The research center was founded by Ye.T. Gaidar in 1990 as the Institute for Economic Policy (IEP) of the Academy of National Economy and the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1992, the Institute was renamed as the Institute for Economic Problems of the Transition Period (IEPTP), and in January 1999, - as the Institute for the Economy in Transition (IET). From the day of its creation and until his death in December 2009, the post of Director at the Institute was held by Ye.T. Gaidar. In 2010, on the initiative of the IET team and pursuant to Executive Order No. 601, dated May 14, 2010, of the President of the Russian Federation, the Institute received its present name – the Ye. T. Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy (The Gaidar Institute). The Gaidar Institute is a major academic center that employs around 140 researchers including one full member of the RAS, 10 doctors of sciences and 39 candidates of sciences.