Light and engineering (Svetotekhnika) Journal is being published since 1932. In the first issue of this Journal M.A. Shatelen writes: “the problems of illumination engineering encompassed not only the domain of physics and technology, but also various fields of biology, physiology, and psychology… The works on illumination technology, that touch upon so many various sections of science and technology will hardly find place in journals for other branches of study.” E.N. Topchiyan was the first editor-in-chief of the journal, then he was followed by L.D. Belkind. From 1955 to 1969 V.V. Meshkov was the head of the journal.