The stages of development of the Department of Chemistry and Technology of Lubricants and Chemmotology of the I. M. Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas and the Department of Scientific Foundations of Production and Use of Lubricants of the N. I. Chernozhukov Scientific-Pedagogical School are discussed. The contribution of the department to the training of specialists and its scientific achievements in the field of lubricant technology and chemmotology are reviewed.