Ismail Gasprinskiy, the prominent Crimean Tatar enlightener

The name of Ismail-bey Mustafa-oğlu Gasprinskiy (8.03.1851–11.09.1914) became for Crimean Tatars a symbol of revival of Turkism, a sign of changes, rejection of old dogmas and stereotypes. I. Gasprinskiy was one of the most well-known educators and reformers of the late XIX – early XX century. His ideas has influenced the preparation and carrying out reforms in the national school, the development of problems of his home school and creation of the first national textbooks.

Famous women inventors

From ancient times, a woman was considered the guardian of the hearth, so science and other social activities have been the prerogative of men.

Joseph Kotin - a Prominent Designer of Armored

Joseph Y. Kotin is the Hero of Socialist Labour, was awarded four-time with the Stalin's (State) Prizes of the USSR, Colonel General Engineer, PhD, awarded with a number of state awards of the Soviet Union for outstanding design development of military and civilian technology.

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