Baltic State Technical University "Voenmeh" D.F. Ustinov (russian: Балтийский государственный технический университет "Военмех" им. Д.Ф.Устинова; abbreviated BGTU) is a Russian technical university situated in
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Previously it was known as the Leningrad Mechanical Institute (russian: Ленинградский механический институт) and Military Mechanical Institute (russian: Военно-механический институт).
History
* 1875: Tsesarevich Nikolay's Handicraft College is created (for which is considered an heir)
* 1932: Established by order of the
People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry The People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry (Narkomtiazhprom; russian: Народный комиссариат тяжёлой промышленности СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union in 1930s.
Brief overview
The People's ...
of the USSR, as the Leningrad Military Mechanical Institute
* 1992: Reformed as Baltic State Technical University, after D.F. Ustinov
Faculties
* Rocket and Space Technology Faculty (A)
* Arms and Weapons Systems Faculty (E)
* Department of Information and Control Systems (I)
* Natural Science (O)
* International Industrial Management and Communications (R)
Notable alumni
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Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov (Marshal of the USSR, the Minister of Defense of the USSR from July 30, 1976 to December 20, 1984)
* Vladimir Fyedorovich Utkin (Chief designer of KB "Yuzhnoye", Dnepropetrovsk, the USSR, Two Times Hero of Socialist Labour, chief designer of the SS-18 "Satan" (R-36TM), SS-24 (RT-23) ICBMs)
[ :ru:Балтийский государственный технический университет «Военмех» имени Д. Ф. Устинова]
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Sergei Krikalev
Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Ga ...
(
cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
)
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Georgi Grechko
Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko (russian: Георгий Михайлович Гречко; 25 May 1931 – 8 April 2017) was a Soviet cosmonaut. He flew to space on three missions, each bound for rendezvous with a different Salyut space station. (
cosmonaut
An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek (), meaning 'star', and (), meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft. Although generally r ...
)
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Vladimir Yakunin (head of
Russian Railways
Russian Railways (russian: link=no, ОАО «Российские железные дороги» (ОАО «РЖД»), OAO Rossiyskie zheleznye dorogi (OAO RZhD)) is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both manag ...
)
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Vladimir Okrepilov (academician of Russian Academy of Sciences
RAS
Ras or RAS may refer to:
Arts and media
* RAS Records Real Authentic Sound, a reggae record label
* Rundfunk Anstalt Südtirol, a south Tyrolese public broadcasting service
* Rás 1, an Icelandic radio station
* Rás 2, an Icelandic radio sta ...
, general director o
State Centre "Test-St.Petersburg"
References
External links
Baltic State Technical University - official Site(rus)
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Universities in Saint Petersburg
Educational institutions established in 1932
1932 establishments in the Soviet Union
Technical universities and colleges in Russia