Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University (russian: Нижегородский государственный технический университет им. Р. Е. Алексеева, NNSTU) is a public technical university in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, founded in 1917. The university was renamed in honour of a famous alumnus, engineer Rostislav Alexeyev, in 1992.

History

The

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/ref> It was renamed to Nizhny Novgorod University of Technology, and later (in 1918), incorporated into the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. The incorporated departments included agricultural courses, medical courses, and the Higher Pedagogical Institute. M. A. Bonch-Bruevich, V. P. Vologdin, I. R. Braitsev, G. V. Trinkler, and others led the technical departments. In 1930, the Mechanical Engineering Institute and the Institute of Chemical Technology were separated from the State University of Nizhny Novgorod. At the same time, new departments were created, including: the Institute of Construction, the Pedagogical Institute, the Institute of Agriculture, and the Institute of Medicine. Additional departments added in 1934 included the Institute of Mechanical Engineering, the Institute of Chemical Technology, and the Gorky Institute of Industry. Over the years 1950-1989 Andrei Zhdanov Gorky Polytechnic Institute. The university was renamed to "the R. E. Alexeyev State Technical University of Nizhny Novgorod" in 1992.

Notable faculty and alumni

* Rostislav Alexeyev — the inventor and designer of the world's first Ekranoplans. * Alexey Sudayev — weapons designer who created the PPS

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— mental calculator. *

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— former chief designer and director of OKBM Afrikantov. File:Nizhny Novgorod Technical University.jpg, The main NNSTU building File:The Widows house of Bugrov 2.jpg,

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No. 2, formerly the Widows house of Bugrov

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Notable faculty and alumni

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