News Academy of Engineering Sciences A.M. Prokhorov Annotation << Back On the history of development in the USS R and the RF material cdxhg1-xte and photodetectors based on it for thermal imaging technology Susov E.V. Paper is devoted to the history of narrow-gap semiconductors materials based on solid solutions of CdTe – HgTe and creation of the domestic thermal imaging technology based on them. Shows the names of scientists and specialists who contributed to the creation of Russian infrared photodetectors, noted a decisive contribution to this RAS Corresponding Member Leonid Nikolaevich Kurbatov. Keywords: materials science, narrow-gap semiconductors, photodetectors, thermography, solid solutions, CdTe – HgTe. Contacts: E-mail: otdel212@mail.ru Pp. 25-39.