Let's make it clear right away, because not everyone is yet accustomed to the new names of many military universities. In our case, we're talking about the former Kuibyshev Military Engineering Academy. Do you remember it? Now, we believe, the title doesn't raise any questions. The old walls are, of course, only partially about architecture. The mansion in the center of Moscow on the Boulevard Ring is still there, along with numerous modern additions and a training base in Nikolovo-Urupino near Moscow. The old walls are, first of all, a huge accumulated scientific potential. It is wisdom, experience, traditions. In a word - it is a School. Higher school. The Military Engineering University is one of the oldest military engineering educational institutions in Russia. On December 6, 1819, the Main Engineering School was established in St. Petersburg to train military engineers with higher education. The establishment of the school was driven by the changing requirements of combat practice, which were revealed during the Patriotic War of 1812. The war experience demonstrated the need for military engineers in the army who could construct fortresses and other defensive structures at the highest technical level, as well as provide engineering support for the marches and field battles of the Russian troops. Realizing that the success of military engineering training depends on the quality of teaching, the academy and school commanders invited some of the most prominent scientists in St. Petersburg at the time to serve as instructors. For example, the Academy and the School taught mathematics by "teachers of teachers" Academician M.V. Ostrogradsky and I.A. Vyshnegradsky, chemistry by N.P. Voskresensky and D.I. Mendeleev, architecture by the architect-artist Stukei, structural mechanics by the famous bridge builder S.V. Kerbeda, drawing by the future academician of painting K.A. Trutovsky, and physics by the famous physicist F.F. Ewald, among others. The Academy's gradua ... Read more