Military engineering university
The St. Petersburg Military Engineering University ( Russian Санкт-Петербургский Военный инженерно-технический университет , or ВИТУ / VITU for short ) is a technical university in Saint Petersburg and Russia's first polytechnic university. It is located in the historic city center not far from the Engineers' Castle, Summer Garden , Tauride Palace and Suvorov Museum .
history
The history of this military academy dates back to 1810. It was the first higher education institute for engineers in Russia. At that time, a military engineering school was founded, which was renamed the Nikolayevsky Military Academy of Engineering in 1855 . Further renaming followed in 1917 (Military Academy for Pioneers), 1923 (Military Academy for Pioneers and Electrical Engineering), 1925 (Military Technical Faculty of the State Polytechnic University of St. Petersburg). The facility has had its current name since 1997.
Famous graduates and professors
- Leonid Artamonov was a military advisor to the Emperor of Ethiopia
- Fyodor Michailowitsch Dostoyewski is one of the most important Russian writers
- Dmitri Wassiljewitsch Grigorowitsch was a Russian folk writer . He was considered an important figure in Russia's literary circles in the 19th century and a mentor of the writer and playwright Anton Chekhov .
- Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann was a general in the Russian army and was appointed military governor of Turkestan in 1867 .
- Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev was a Russian chemist
- Leonid Vitalievich Kantorovich was a Soviet mathematician and economist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1975 . He shared this with Tjalling Koopmans for "Contributions to Theory for the Optimal Allocation of Resources "
- César Cui was a Russian composer , music critic and officer ( military engineer ) in the Russian army with French ancestors on his father's side.
- Michail Ostrogradski was a Russian mathematician
- Count Eduard Ivanovich Totleben was a general in the Russian army of German Baltic origin. He was best known for his achievements in the field of fortress construction and pioneering .
- Boris Grigoryevich Galjorkin was a Soviet engineer and mathematician
- Ivan Mikhailovich Sechenov was a Russian physiologist.
- Pavel Nikolajewitsch Yablotschkow was a Russian engineer and inventor .
- Nikolai Nikolajewitsch Romanow was a Russian general and grand duke from the Romanov family of the tsars . He was commander in chief of the Russian armed forces in the First World War .
- Vladimir Senonovich Mai-Majewski was a Russian army general in World War I and commander in the White Army in the Russian Civil War .
- Dmitri Dmitrijewitsch Maksutow (1896–1964) was an optician and the inventor of the Maksutov telescope named after him . From 1930 he organized the Laboratory of Astronomical Optics in the State Optical Institute of the USSR .
- Alexander Ilyich Dutov was the leader of the Cossack units that fought on the side of the whites during the Russian civil war in the Urals . Since 1919 he held the rank of lieutenant general .
- Peter Karlowitsch von Uslar was a Russian engineer , linguist and officer of German descent.
- Alexei Andrejewitsch Poliwanow was a Russian general and temporarily minister of war during the First World War.
- Leonid Kapiza was a Russian engineer and the father of Pyotr Leonidowitsch Kapiza .
- Ignati Brjantschaninow was bishop in Stavropol from 1857 to 1861.
literature
- Михаил Семенович Максимовский: Исторический очерк развития Главного Инженерного училища 1819–1869. Типография Императорской академия наук, Санкт-Петербург 1869.
Web links
- Saint Petersburg Military engineering-technical university
- Military engineering-technical university
- Russian emperor's army (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Military engineering-technical university
- ^ Stephen Timoshenko Engineering Education in Russia , McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959
- ↑ Russian emperor's army
- ↑ Saint Petersburg Military engineering-technical university