The book "Metallurgical department". St. Petersburg, 1914

The book "Metallurgical department". St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute named after Peter the Great, 1914

The collection of the Stargift gallery presents the book "Metallurgical Department", which tells about the teaching and admission rules for students, as well as educational and auxiliary institutions of the Metallurgical Department of the Institute. It contains numerous drawings and photo illustrations in the text and on the tabs. A large team of authors from the department, including 16 professors, took part in the compilation of the book. The general edition of the publication belongs to Prof. M.A. Pavlov, Dean of the Metallurgical Department. The book contains a lot of interesting factual information from the early history of the Metallurgical Department. Teachers and their areas of specialization, specialized areas of scientific research and training are presented, the equipment of laboratories and other departments is described in detail.

St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute, one of the most reputable universities in Russia, known far beyond its borders, was founded at the suggestion of S.Y. Witte in early 1899. Its discovery took place a little later, in 1902. Having emerged on the crest of Russia's economic and cultural successes at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries, he himself soon becomes one of the factors for the further successful development of the country. Half a century later, the institute will be evaluated not only as a famous higher education institution, but also as a "major achievement of Russian culture" at the beginning of the XX century. It was taught by scientists of world importance - D.I. Mendeleev, K.P. Boklevsky, A.F. Ioffe, P.L. Kapitsa, and many others. At the beginning of the twentieth century, there was no place in all of Russia where physics was studied from more modern points of view. In 1910, the Polytechnic was named after Peter the Great.