History

Kyiv is home to several historic buildings with fascinating stories and unique architecture. In addition to their distinctive exterior details, these buildings are often shrouded in mystery and surrounded by various legends. One striking example is the building at 23 Hoholivska Street. This mansion is also connected to at least two notable figures associated with Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute: an architect and a world-renowned scientist.

This summer marked the 100th anniversary of the first flight of the Ukrainian passenger aircraft K-1, created under the leadership of Ukrainian Soviet aircraft designer, 1925 KPI graduate Konstantin Oleksiyovych Kalinin (1887-1938). This event took place on July 26, 1925.

For centuries, russia has tried to rewrite ukrainian history, in particular by plundering ukraine’s cultural heritage. With the help of stolen artifacts, the terrorist country has for centuries fueled imperial myths about the diversity of russian culture, the continuity of its artistic tradition, the “brotherhood” of Ukraine and russia, and the absence of differences between our peoples.

On 29 May 1914 (all dates are old style), the second prototype of the Ilya Muromets aircraft, piloted by its chief designer Igor Sikorsky, who recently turned 25 on 25 May, took off for the first time from the Korpusnyi Aerodrom of St. Petersburg. It was much lighter than its predecessor and had more powerful engines. 

On July 5, a monument to one of its famous employees, whose name is forever inscribed in the history of the national aircraft industry, was unveiled on the campus of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. It is about the extraordinary professor of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute Oleksandr Sergiyovych Kudashev, one of the first domestic aircraft designers.

In 1991 Ukraine gained independence. A new page in its history marked a radical restructuring of the entire life of the country and its citizens.

On October 26, the whole world honors the bright memory of an outstanding aircraft designer and creator of the first helicopter. This day in 1972, Igor Sikorsky passed away in Easton, Connecticut, United States.

In memory of the First Congress of the People's Movement of Ukraine

Petro Mykhailovych Talanchuk is a graduate of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, and from 1987 to 1992 he was the rector of Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, the first Minister of Education of independent Ukraine.

The collection of rare and valuable editions of the Scientific and Technical Library contains a lithographed edition of 1907 "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Student Library-Reading Room. Catalog of Books" printed by the Kyiv printing house "Progress".