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.
In January 1922 Civil Engineering Institute was reorganized into the Department of Transportation Engineers in the composition of the KPI.
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.
Classes at the institute began September 1, 1898 [6, p. 4] in a room built for commercial school (st. Vorovsky, 24), which in the year was rented by Institute. By the beginning of the next school year chemical pavilion and mechanical workshops have already been built.
Traditionally it is believed that the level of national education in the natural sciences and in applied fields, until recently, was extremely high.
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.
Address of KPI residential buildings №1 and №2: Prospect Peremohy, 37
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.
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 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.
