Advances in Geosciences www.adv-geosci.net 1680-7340 1680-7359 3 Education, Outreach and Defining Users (Geo- and Space-physical Sciences) 2005 10.5194/adgeo-3-41-2005 http://www.adv-geosci.net/3/41/2005/ http://www.adv-geosci.net/3/41/2005/adgeo-3-41-2005.html http://www.adv-geosci.net/3/41/2005/adgeo-3-41-2005.pdf 41 46 2005-06-16 Role of the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI) for promoting and teaching science in Russia S. D. Snegirev V. M. Fridman O. A. Sheiner Radiophysical Research Institute, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia We present, how the Radiophysical Research Institute (NIRFI) has conducted work on the popularization of its scientific achievements in the areas of astronomy, solar physics, the Sun-Earth connection and associated geophysics.