The Russian University of Transport (RUT (MIIT); russian: «Российский университет транспорта», РУТ (МИИТ)), officially the Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education "Russian University of transport" (russian: Федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Российский университет транспорта") is a

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founded in

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and headquartered in

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. Along with its main campus located in the capital, the university maintains one other regional campuses in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

. RUT is a leading transport educational institution and hosts the biggest university complex in

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

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. RUT is under the governance of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation.

History

Russian University of Transport was established as the Imperial Moscow Engineering School (IMIU) by decree of

Emperor Nicholas II Nicholas II or Nikolai II Alexandrovich Romanov; spelled in pre-revolutionary script. ( 186817 July 1918), known in the Russian Orthodox Church as Saint Nicholas the Passion-Bearer,. was the last Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Polan ...

on May 23, 1896, in order to train engineers for the construction of the

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. Training courses began on 12 September 1896. The first director of the University was professor F.E. Maksimenko. The first course of engineers graduated in 1901 (3-years theoretical course and 2-years building practice). Russian University of Transport is the oldest institution of higher technical education in Russia founded in 1896. Today TUT is the largest scientific and academic complex in Russia, the all Russian leader in the field of training and retraining of specialists and scientific personnel for transport and transport construction. On 15 June 1993, MIIT got the status of the

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and its name was changed to the Moscow State University of Railway Engineering. For more than 120 years of history, more than 650 thousand highly qualified specialists with higher and secondary professional education have left the university. They successfully work in transport and in other various sectors of the economy in Russia and 57 countries of the world. More than 30 Heroes of the Soviet Union and Socialist Labor, transport industry leaders, world-famous scientists, members of the Russian Government, governors, mayors of large cities, prominent public figures, prominent representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church and culture, and top businessmen are among the graduates of RUT.

Structure of the University

Institutes:
* Institute of Transport Engineering and Operation Systems * Institute of Railway Track, Construction and Structures * Institute of Operation and Digital Technologies * Institute of Economics and Finance * Institute of International Transport Communications * Law Institute Academies:
* Basic Training Academy * Academy of Water Transport * Russian Academy of Railway Engineering * Russian Open Transport Academy Research Institute:
* Scientific Research Institute of Transport and Transport Construction Branches and representative offices:
* Sochi Institute of Transport - branch of the federal state autonomous educational institution of higher education "Russian University of Transport", Sochi branch of RUT (MIIT) Colleges and technical schools:
* Gymnasium * College of the Academy of Water Transport * Medical College * Moscow College of Transport, * Law College of the Law Institute

Notable alumni

Semyon Belits-Geiman Semyon Viktorovich Belits-Geiman (russian: Семён Викторович Белиц-Гейман; born 16 February 1945) is a former Soviet freestyle swimmer. He set a world record in the 800 m freestyle, and won two Olympic medals. Early li ...

, Soviet Olympic swimmer *

Bidzina Ivanishvili Bidzina Ivanishvili ( ka, ბიძინა ივანიშვილი, also known as Boris Grigoryevich Ivanishvili ; born 18 February 1956) is a Georgia (country), Georgian politician, billionaire businessman and philanthropist, who serv ...

, Georgian businessman and politician *

Vitaly Malkin Vitaly Borisovich Malkin (russian: Виталий Борисович Малкин; born in 16 September 1952) is a Russian-Israeli business oligarch and politician who was born in Pervouralsk near Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of S ...

, Russian businessman and politician *

Konstantin Borovoi Konstantin Natanovich Borovoi (russian: Константи́н Ната́нович Борово́й; born 30 June 1948) is a liberal Russian politician and entrepreneur, Russian Parliament Member (1995–2000), former Chair of Party of Econ ...

, Russian businessman and politician *

Igor Guberman Igor Mironovich Guberman ( rus, И́горь Миро́нович Губерма́н, p=ˈiɡərʲ mʲɪˈronəvʲɪtɕ ɡʊbʲɪrˈman, a=Igor' Mironovich Gubyerman.ru.vorb.oga, born 7 July 1936, Kharkiv) is a Russian writer and poet of Jewish an ...

, Russian-Israeli poet *

Anatoly Rybakov Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (russian: Анато́лий Нау́мович Рыбако́в; – 23 December 1998) was a Soviet and Ukrainian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist ''Children of the Arbat ''trilogy, the novel ''Heavy Sand' ...

, Soviet and Russian writer *

Roustam Tariko Roustam Tariko (russian: Рустам Тарико; born March 17, 1962) is the founder of Russian Standard Vodka. He also founded Russian Standard Bank, a credit card operation and a term life insurer in Russia. In 2009, Tariko's net worth was ...

, Russian businessman *

Yakov Dzhugashvili Yakov Iosifovich Dzhugashvili, ', russian: Яков Иосифович Джугашвили, ' ( – 14 April 1943) was the eldest child of Joseph Stalin, the son of Stalin's first wife, Kato Svanidze, who died nine months after his birth. Hi ...

, son of

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* Igor Zaitsev, Soviet Grandmaster *

Gregory Kaidanov Gregory Kaidanov (russian: Григорий Зиновьевич Кайда́нов, ; born 11 October 1959) is a Soviet-born American chess grandmaster. He was inducted into the United States Chess Hall of Fame in 2013. His peak rating is 2646 ...

, Russian-American Grandmaster *

Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (russian: Виктор Феликсович Вексельберг, uk, Віктор Феліксович Вексельберг; born April 14, 1957) is a Ukrainian-born Russian–Israeli-Cyprus oligarch, billion ...

, Russian businessman *

Len Blavatnik Sir Leonard Valentinovich Blavatnik, russian: Леонид Валентинович Блаватник, Leonid Valentinovich Blavatnik (born June 14, 1957) is a Ukraine-born American-British business magnate and philanthropist. As of March 202 ...

, Russian-American businessman *

Vladimir Kuzmin Vladimir Borisovich Kuzmin (russian: Влади́мир Борисович Кузьмин born 31 May 1955) is a Russian rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. Biography Kuzmin is the son of Boris Kuzmin, a naval officer, and Natalya Kuzmin ...

, Russian musician *

Victor Cherkashin Victor Ivanovich Cherkashin (russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Черка́шин) (born 22 February 1932) is a former Soviet foreign counter-intelligence officer of the PGU KGB SSSR. He was the case officer for both Aldrich Ames, a CIA ...

, Longtime KGB officer in America, handler for

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and Hanssen *

Alexander Maslyakov Alexander Vasilyevich Maslyakov (russian: Александр Васильевич Масляков) (born November 24, 1941 in Sverdlovsk, USSR) is a prominent Soviet and Russian television game show host. He is a well known, iconic figure throu ...

, Russian television personality, founder of

KVN ''KVN'' (russian: КВН, an abbreviation of , ''Klub Vesyólykh i Nakhódchivykh'' or ''Ka-Ve-En'', "Club of the Funny and Inventive") is a Russian (and formerly Soviet) humour TV show and an international competition where teams (usually comp ...

Isidore Mvouba Isidore Mvouba (born 1954John F. Clark and Samuel Decalo, ''Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo'', fourth edition (2012), Scarecrow Press, page 305.) is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from 2005 to ...

Fu Zhihuan Fu Zhihuan (; born March 1938) is a politician of the People's Republic of China, and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He served as the Minister of Railways A Ministry of Railways is a Cabinet department that exists or has ...

Yaakov Kedmi Yaakov Kedmi ( he, ‏יעקב קדמי‏‎; born 5 March 1947 in Moscow), also known as Yasha Kazakov and Yakov Iosifovich Kazakov (russian: Яков Иосифович Казако́в) is an Israeli politician and diplomat. He was the head ...

References

External links

Official site of Russian University of Transport
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