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There is in the Department of Aviation and Space Museum at the State Polytechnic "KPI", which presents samples of model aviation and space technology, the exhibit, which seems to get here by accident. This is - a big (one and a half meters in diameter) globe of the Moon.

June 15, The Technical Museum in the open air NTUU "KPI" was added with a new exhibit. The helicopter Mi-2, a gift of the Ministry of Defense, was installed at the site near the former hangar, and now the branch of aviation and astronautics SPM.

Of all the pieces exhibited in the Department of Aviation and Astronautics State Polytechnic Museum, the viewers’ attention is attracted by the lander of spacecraft "Voskhod", which had been in space.

Not so many photos of the Kiev Polytechnic Institute period of the first years of its existence has survived to our time. Most of them are in albums, which were presented to the first rector of the KPI V.L. Kirpichov in 1902.

Museology in KPI has a long history. Except of Zoological museum of agricultural department, Engineer museum opened on February 1. It was supervised by engineering group. The museum commission of Engineer museum of KPI was established in 1905 and it was headed by Eugene Oskarovych Paton.

October 22 one of the most active veterans of Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kiev, Honored Space Technology Tester, senior researcher at the State Polytechnic Museum "KPI", academician of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences of National Progress Anatoly Grygorovych Dormidontov celebrated his 80th Birthday

The history of humanity is comparable to the rapid flow of water, historical materials not stored by society or its individual personalities disappear like a fallen leaf that falls into this stream.

The first graduates of the KPI in 1903 along with diplomas were awarded with the Badge of graduate. There was an idea to find it. It seemed that it would be easy, but...