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Версия 20:16, 26 марта 2009

Statue of Mother Motherland: "Mother-Russia calls for!"

About Volgograd City

the forth women gymnasium

River in the Volgograd Region. The history of city begins from little fortress Tsaritsyn, that was founded in 1589. The fortress was established to help defend the southern border of tsarist Russia but it soon became a trading settlement. Though Volgograd's history was somewhat turbulent, it soon became a great city. Under the rule of Stalin it became very industrialized and it eventually became the site of the costliest battle in the history of mankind - the Battle of Stalingrad. Unfortunately much of the city was destroyed in this battle, but it was quickly reconstructed. Many of the attractions to be seen in Volgograd are in memory of the lives lost and the bravery of those people who repelled the invading German forces and possibly changed the history of the world. Most visitors spend their time seeing the historical monuments, most of which are dedicated to those who fell in the Great Patriotic War (World War II). For example there is a memorial complex that was built to commemorate the battle. It boasts a huge statue of Mother Russia that stands on Mamayev Kurgan, a hill on which some of the most brutal fighting took take place during the war. There are also other statues, some of which commemorate the grieving who survived and others that commemorate the dying. There is also a walkway that leads to the Pantheon in which 7,200 randomly picked names have been inscribed - a mere fraction of those who perished in the war. Nowadays Volgograd is a big city with great history, not less great present and, we are sure that very happy future!

Volgograd State Technical University

DUTY team

Volgograd nowadays

About university

Volgograd State Technical University is one of the largest universities in the Volga region, an institution of higher education with versatile activities, preparing highly-qualified specialists in compliance with the multistage system of education - Bachelors of Science, Certified Specialists and Masters of Science. The university's scientific schools are well known in both our country and abroad. International cooperation with foreign educational institutions is being carried forward. Volgograd State Technical University was founded and raised to its present rank as a result of direct and continuous development of Stalingrad tractor-building and mechanical institute. The institute was founded in 1930, only a month prior to starting-up the "firstling" of home tractor industry - the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, for which training of specialists with higher technical education was originally intended.

During the first 10 years of its existence the institute achieved significant success in organization of academic activities and training of highly qualified specialists. In that period about 1300 engineers graduated from it to work in machine, automotive and defence industries, 386 graduates of the institute took up key positions. In the late 30-ies training of specialists without discontinuing work became a meaningful part of the carricula. It was carried out at the evening department formed in July 1931. It prepared specialists with higher education in the evening groups and qualified workers at the factory technical courses. Employees of various enterprises and institutions could be enrolled at the evening department. And only the employees of the Stalingrad Tractor Plant and the Plant "Barrikady" were eligible for attending the factory technical courses. The courses were financed by these plants.

About faculty

About team

Alexei Shpirko

Nikita Dorofeev

railway staition

Stalingrad battle