6-m spectrometer of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP, Moscow)

The history of the development and construction of the ITEP-MIS 6-m magnetic spectrometer is reported. Research studies performed by the ITEP-MIS group over a period of more than 30 years of spectrometer existence is surveyed. The results obtained by studying the narrow resonances f j(2220) and X(1070) are presented.