Results of 25 years of uranium compound research at the department of crystallography, St. Petersburg State University

The study of uranium-bearing natural and synthetic compounds has been one of the primary research focuses at the Department of Crystallography, St. Petersburg State University, for the past 25 years. During this period, the department's researchers have discovered three new uranium minerals, determined and refined the structures of 15 known mineral species, and synthesized and characterized over 370 new uranium compounds. These efforts have resulted in the publication of more than 200 scientific works, including three monographs and over 190 articles in leading international journals in the fields of mineralogy, crystallography, and chemistry. This review highlights the most significant and intriguing results, in the authors' view, from crystal-chemical studies of uranium compounds conducted by the Department of Crystallography at St. Petersburg State University over the past quarter-century.