A review of the half-a-century of cosmology is presented for an intended audience of elementary particle physicists. The review is based on a mere half-an-hour seminar talk (at the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics — ITEP) and is accordingly brief and superficial. The introductory historical section is mostly devoted to the fundamental work done in, but not always known outside, Russia (USSR). Foundational works and astronomical observations instrumental in shaping the field are discussed, as are such aspects as inflation, baryosynthesis, dark matter and dark energy, vacuum energy, large-scale gravity modification and microwave background angular fluctuations. The presentation of the material is admittedly not entirely objective but rather is given from the Russian (ITEP) perspective and is influenced by the author’s personal views and biases.

PACS: 95.35.+d, 95.36.+x, 98.80.−k (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0184.201402k.0211 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2014/2/k/ 000336162000011 2-s2.0-84900823452 2014PhyU...57..199D Citation: Dolgov A D "Cosmology: from Pomeranchuk to the present day" Phys. Usp. 57 199–208 (2014) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Received: 13th, November 2013, accepted: 5th, June 2013 Оригинал: Долгов А Д «Космология: от Померанчука до наших дней» УФН 184 211–221 (2014); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0184.201402k.0211 I.Ya. Pomeranchuk is author of Physics-Uspekhi