Ivanovo-Voznesensk Polytechnic Institute

The Ivanovo-Voznesensk Polytechnic Institute was founded on August 6, 1918, by a decree of Lenin on the basis of the Riga Technical University evacuated to Ivanovo-Voznesensk. Initially, the IVPI had six faculties: chemical, agricultural, socio-economic, engineering and construction, spinning and weaving faculties and the faculty of factory mechanics. In 1930, the IVPI was liquidated and divided into separate institutes: on the basis of the Faculty of Chemistry, the Ivanovo Chemical-Technological Institute (IKhTI) was created, on the basis of the Spinning and Weaving Institute - the Ivanovo Textile Institute. M. V. Frunze (IvTI), on the basis of the Faculty of Agriculture - the Ivanovo Agricultural Institute (ISHI), on the basis of the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the IVPI, the Ivanovo Power Engineering Institute (IEI) was formed. Faculties • Agronomic • Engineering and Construction (closed in 1930) • Forest (1921-1922) • Spinning and weaving (in 1922 merged with mechanical engineering) • Worker (since 1920) • Socio-economic (closed in 1922) • Textile (since 1927) • Chemical • Factory mechanics (since 1922 - mechanical engineering) Rectors of the Institute • 10.1918 - 09.1921 - Mikhail Nikolaevich Berlov • 09.1921 - 10.1922 - Aleksandr Nekrasov • 10.1922 - 1924 - Nikolai Nikolaevich Vorozhtsov • 1924-1927 - Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Sushkov • 1927 - 05.1930 - Vladimir Vladimirovich Malkov == Architecture ==

In 1928 an all-Union competition was held for the development of a complex of educational buildings of the IVPI, which was won by the project of the academician of architecture Ivan Fomin, developed in the style of "proletarian classics". The buildings were erected during 1928–1937. To manage the construction and make working drawings, the design and construction bureau IVPI was organized, which was headed by the local architect A.I. Panov. Currently, the building houses the main building of the ISUHTU. Main building (1937) The main building consists of a series of interconnected three-story buildings. The composition is based on the alternation of rectangular window openings and fluted pilasters separating them. The center of the composition is the eight-column portico of the main entrance (with a pediment). The side columns are united by three on the flanks, the two central columns are fluted. A strictly rational internal layout is based on a corridor system. Currently, the building houses the Regional Scientific Library. The building of the working faculty (1934) The plan of the three-story building is close to L-shaped in shape, but is complicated by the ledge of the staircase on the left flank and the extension of the right end of the main extended volume towards the courtyard. The composition of the facades is based on the alternation of double columns, large windows and smooth plastered walls. In the 1940s, the tower on the left flank of the building was liquidated. In 1967, a gym was added from the side of the courtyard. Currently, the building of the "workers' faculty" houses the classroom building of the ISUHTU. ==References==

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