Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute

Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
	TsAGI's Engineering building (centre) and stall-spin testing aerodynamic tube (left, built 1941)
Native name	Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т имени профессора Н. Е. Жуковского
Company type	federal state unitary enterprise
Industry	aerospace
Founded	1918
Founder	Nikolay Zhukovsky
Headquarters	Zhukovsky, Russia
Area served	worldwide
Key people	Kirill Sypalo - General Director; Sergey Chernyshev - Research Director;
Owner	Russian Federation
Number of employees	4,392 (2013)
Website	tsagi.com

The Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (also (Zhukovsky) Central Institute of Aerodynamics, Russian: Центра́льный аэрогидродинами́ческий институ́т, ЦАГИ, romanized: Tsentral'nyy Aerogidrodinamicheskiy Institut, TsAGI) was founded in Moscow by Russian aviation pioneer Nikolai Yegorovich Zhukovsky on December 1, 1918.

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