The Kharkiv Theoretical Physics School[1] was founded by Lev Landau in Kharkov, Soviet Union (now Kharkiv, Ukraine) and further developed by Oleksandr Akhiezer and Ilya Lifshitz,[2] following Landau's flight to the Kapitza’s Institute for Physical Problems in Moscow in 1937 in an attempt to avoid an arrest during the UPTI Affair.
Upon the recommendation of Edward Teller, László Tisza joined, in January 1935, Landau's group at Kharkiv and then returned to Budapest in 1937.
[5] Landau developed a comprehensive exam called the "Theoretical Minimum" which students were expected to pass before admission to the school.
Akhiezer and Shulga worked on the development of quasi-classical theory of coherent radiation of channelled and over-barrier electrons and positrons in crystals.
Dmitry Volkov,[9] Vladimir Akulov[10] and Vyacheslav Soroka played a crucial role[11] in the development of Supergravity[12] and Supersymmetry.