The assembly hall of the KPI main building

The decoration of the assembly hall of the KPI first building, large physical lecture hall of mechanical department and two lobbies adjoining to them continued till autumn of 1901 and it was made in the Romanesque style upon the projects of the architect A. Kobelev.

Brest-Litovsk highway

The traffic artery(from which the main academic building was photographed) has been known as Zhytomyr and Brest-Litovsk highway since the first half of XIX century.

Patrons i founders of KPI

August 31, 1898 has gone down in history as the birthday of our glorious University. That same day, the first director of the KPI Professor Victor L.

Recall old newspaper stager. Flashback

 First I came to the editor’s office in 1967, when i was a student of 2nd year acousto-electric faculty. The desire to write articles and better to learn the Ukrainian language I had long ago and this led me came to the editor’s office. I met Boris Samiylovych Mirsky.

KPI trade union: the first page of a hundred years of history

Today students mostly are not very rich people. The beginning of adulthood is usually accompanied by if not poverty, then certain deprivations. Especially when a young man wants to be financially independent from their parents, or if they are simply unable to support him.

1898-1917: First Teaching staff KPI

Teaching staff KPI for the first time in the country used contest system for appointing Professors of Departments only between persons who have a scientific degree. It was the most appropriate method of recruitment departments highly qualified personnel [2, p. 469].

Mayday at Shulyavka

Shuliavka which is more than 100 years ago gave shelter NTUU "KPI", has a long and interesting history. It was first mentioned in chronicles in the twelfth century. It is not surprising, therefore, that it is associated with numerous Kiev stories and traditions.

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