October 1, 1896 by express train Southwestern Railways Minister of Justice of Russia, and in the recent past, the head of this Railways S.Vitte arrived in Kyiv. Inhabitants of Kyiv know very well about his outstanding organizational skills.
In the June days of 1941 Kyiv Industrial Institute completed the 43rd academic year. There are 3,000 students in the Institute, more than 300 faculty members, the total number of the institute's staff was 5,000 [1, p. 2].
Address of the building №4: Street. Academician Yangel 3 (old address: pr. Peremogy, 37), architectural monument, chemical building of KPI. Departments: XTF, FBT, IHF, VPI.
Address of the building № 1: prospect Beresteiskyi, 37, architectural monument, the main building of National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. Administration, FTI, MMI, FMM, FEA, IMD, FMF, IPO.
All groups are provided places for practice on the most advanced enterprises of our country. Sufficient to note such giants as GAZ of Molotov, HTZ, STZ, CTZ, VMS, Rostselmash, Novo-Kramatorsk Metallurgical Plant, Voroshilovgradsky Plant.
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.
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.