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April 19 National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute" professor visited the Technical University in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany astronaut Ulrich Walter. Rector of NTUU" KPI " Michael Zgurovsky acquainted the guests with the history and present day University.

A new world record for the length of the carbon bond C-C currently is 1.704 Ao (typically 1,540 Ao). Remarkable is that despite on the record bounding length, synthesized compounds are stable even at elevated temperatures. The result was so unpredictable that it was necessary to undertake specific study causes of anomalous stability and this has led to fundamental discovery.

On the 2nd of September in NTUU “KPI” an unusual event took place.

D. Ikeda, M. Zgurovsky Japan and Ukraine - different destinies, shared hopes. Dialogues. - M.: Publishing House "Grad", 2011. - 304 p. ISBN 978-966-97160-1-9

An unforgettable encounter with the living legend of the Soviet space program was held at the NTUU"KPI" on May 13. The cosmonaut Georgy Grechko visited Kiev Polytechnic Institute. He participated in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, three times  flew into space.

Celebrations to mark the 45th anniversary of the exit of the first man in the open space, and the 35th anniversary of the joint flight program "Soyuz-Apollo" took place in NTUU "KPI" on March 30. Among the guests there were  A.A.

A large exhibition "Ukrainian folk costumes and embroidery" is opened in art parlor on FSL. The collection is based on the exhibits from the collections H.Yu.Marchenko, M.I.Tanskiy, L.M.Yukalo, V.F.Buyanovsky and O.P.Onufriyenko. Its proponents are Dean FSL prof. B.V.Novikov, Assoc.

Awarding Ceremony "KPI" and its Rector Academician M. Zgurovsky highest honorary award Socialist Republic of Vietnam for foreign citizens and organizations - the Order of Friendship on 24 September in the Hall of the Academic Council of "KPI".

October 28, 1944 the liberation of Ukraine from Nazi invaders was ended. It happened in the Carpathians, where the last Wehrmacht unit left our land under the onslaught of the troops of the 4th Ukrainian Front. The battle for the liberation of Ukraine lasted from December 1942.

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.