Kyiv Polytechnic Foundation: Lessons for the present
Traditionally it is believed that the level of national education in the natural sciences and in applied fields, until recently, was extremely high.
Creating of Physical Laboratory
Everyone knows the statements of the head of the first examination committee KPI - world-renowned scientist D.I. Mendeleev about the high level of training of graduates of the institute. These words were written in a memorandum to the Minister of Finance S.Y. Witte.
Residential homes for KPI professors and assistants
Address of KPI residential buildings №1 and №2: Prospect Peremohy, 37
History of Faculty of Chemical Engineering
The beginning of the 30s of last century was the period of industrialization in the Soviet Union. The main classical construction and building materials - metal, metal alloys, brick, wood, etc - no longer met the needs of the economy under conditions of rapid technological progress.
1925-1941: The contribution of the KPI in the industrialization of the Soviet economy
The national economy of Ukraine as a whole was restored on the old technical basis. For its reconstruction it was necessary to create and restore a number of industries: engineering, machine-tool, automotive, chemical, defense, tractor, metallurgical et al., to renovated old and to build new businesses, technically upgrade them.
The meeting, which determined the destiny. Memoirs of Alexander Fedorenko about Choir
The singer Alexander Fedorenko graduated from Kiev Conservatory with specialization in "the soloist of the operetta" in 1985. He played main roles in performances of the Kiev, Sverdlovsk Theater of musical comedy of Rostov-on-Don, the Sumy drama theater and the musical comedy.
1970-1975 [2]: Selection in the learning process of the independent educational direction
Considerable attention was paid to independent work of students, developing their skills of active mastery of knowledge, as well as determining the optimal ratio between mandatory classroom and independent work.
Speech of V.L.Kyrpychova, first director of KPI at the opening of the KPI August 31, 1898
Vivat, crescat, floreat! Gracious sovereigns! ... The Polytechnic Institute is a higher educational institution assigned for the training of engineers, that is, as the name itself indicates, people of genius capable of inventing and arranging a new one.
Michael Ivanovich Konovalov as an organizer
It is known that first director of KPI V.L.Kirpichov paid great attention to the selection of qualified personnel.
1898-1917: History and activities of the Institute
At the end of the XIX century the economic development of Russia scored a rapid pace. Coal, metallurgy, machinery, light industry, food industry, agriculture were developed intensively. However, there was an acute shortage of engineers, technicians and agronomists. According to official data in 1892 from 27132 technical managers of Russian factories and plants only 2076 has the technical education, ie 7.5%, higher professional education - less than 1% [1, p. 55].