  In connection with the 150-th Anniversary of P. N. Lebedev, we present
historical aspects of his scientific and organizing activity and recall his
famous experimental observations and proof of the existence of light pressure
along with other results that essentially influenced the development of physics
in Russia and in the whole world as well. We discuss the relationship of these
studies of electromagnetic waves and other kinds of vibrational phenomena
investigated by P. N. Lebedev to modern studies of the interaction of photons
with mirrors, gravitational waves, acoustic waves, nonstationary (dynamical)
Casimir effect of photon creation in resonators with vibrating boundaries, and
vibrations of voltage and current in superconducting circuits realizing the
states of qubits and qudits. We discuss the possibility of existence of the
nonstationary Casimir effect for gravitational waves and sound in liquid
helium.
