The City of Dneprodzerzhinsk, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine

The territory where the city of Dneprodzerzhinsk isright of release of engineers of metallurgical specialty.
located today, belongs to five sites of Ukraine,According to the decision of the High council of the
occupied by the people during the Paleolith epochNational economy of the USSR on May, 24th 1930, the
(100-40 millennium BC). During the Kiev Russian periodEvening metallurgical institute was founded. In the early
the territory of the future Dneprodzerzhinsk, important1930's Kamjansky Evening Metallurgical Institute
trading occurred with the Varangians from Greece.became the original educational industrial complex of
According to the legend, the Ukrainian Cossacksall-union value in which highly skilled technical shots and
played an important role in the city's formation. TheUnion for the iron and steel industry in Ukraine were
villages Romankovo and Kamenskoye, on which placetrained. The Great Patriotic War interrupted the peace
Dneprodzerzhinsk is located, were founded by thework of the university. The most valuable equipment
Zaporozhye Cossacks. The first written mention ofwas taken out to Magnitogorsk and other cities in the
village Kamenskoye is dated 1750. In New SechiUral Mountains along with a lot of teachers and
(1734-1775) Kamenskoye was a part of Kodatsk ofemployees of university of a steel on for Native land
the Army Zaporozhye.protection. The loss endured by institute was very
Building (1887-1889) by Polish, Belgian and Frenchlarge. After city dismissal the big work of updating and
shareholders of Dneprovsky metal works on the landinstitute revival has begun. Gradually the metallurgical
of the village Kamenskoye, redeemed at ruralinstitute was restored and has now continued fruitful
association, led to fast growth of the village. In the endactivity.
of XIX - the XX-th century beginning settlements forIn 1960 the factory-technical college and
employees and workers of factory - the Top andDneprodzerzhinsk evening metallurgical institute of M. I.
Bottom colonies grew. In 1896 there were 18 thousandArsenicheva were reorganized. The factory-technical
inhabitants in Kamenskoy, and by 1913, the village hadcollege system has displayed the kind of change
grown to 40407. In June, 1917 the Provisionalwhich has occurred in industrial development of
government gave the village Kamenskoye the statusDneprodzerzhinsk. In particular, development of
of a city. On February, 1st, 1936 Kamenskoye waschemical enterprises was caused by reception on
renamed Dneprodzerzhinsk. In 1938 its structurespecialties: chemical technology of firm fuel, automation
included villages Romankovo and Trituznoe. In days ofand complex mechanization of the enterprises of the
industrialisation 1930-1950 in Dneprodzerzhinskchemical industry. Further specialization of preparation
boiler-welding, nitrogen-mineral, cement and concreteof engineers in factory-technical college system
factories, garment factory, car-building and a numberchanged, but the metallurgical profile continued to
of other enterprises were constructed.prevail. The further development of the high school
Before the Great Patriotic War (World War II)produced a new building. In 1967 the new
Dneprodzerzhinsk had approximately 148, 000studying-laboratory case 1968 was erected. The
inhabitants. The Great Patriotic War became astudent's hostel was put into operation and the
heartrending experience for the city. About 18Dneprodzerzhinsk high school was reorganized. There
thousand citizens went to war on the fronts. About 11are new specialties: metallurgy and technology of
thousand citizens were in the front lines of the war.welding manufacture, technology of inorganic
During German occupation of the city which lasted 26substances and chemical fertilizers; the electric drive
months, fascists shot 1069 citizens and 2999 personsand automation of productions;technology of
were taken out for forced hard labour to Germany.mechanical engineering, steel cutting machine tools and
On October, 25th, 1943 the city was released by thetools and others. The high school actually lost the
Soviet armies. In only 26 days after the release of themetallurgical profile.
city, the first fusion at Dneprovsky metallurgicalIn May, 1967 Dneprodzerzhinsk Institute the
industrial complex was accomplished. The city'sfactory-technical college has been reorganized in
complete recovery was finally finished in 1950.industrial institute of M. I. Arsenicheva. In its five faculties
In the post-war period the industrial complex of the city- metallurgical, technological, chemistry-technological,
was replenished with new factories. Theevening and technical about 5 thousand students
Dneprodzerzhinsk HYDROELECTRIC POWERstudied. Preparation of engineering shots at institute
STATION was placed in operation. From 1950-1980was conducted in four directions: metallurgy, chemistry,
the modern architectural shape of the city wasmechanical engineering and power. The 1960s were
formed. New buildings were built, especially on left bankcharacterized by growth of material base of institute,
of the Dniper River. In 1970 the city was awarded theoccurrence of new directions in preparation of experts
order of the Red Labour Banner. According to theand scientific researches. The main line of
new Constitution of Ukraine, Vasily Jakovlevich Shvetsdevelopment of the institute has appeared in its
was selected as mayor of Dneprodzerzhinsk thatgrowth, as higher educational institution and center of
constituted as a city for the first time in 1996.science. During the 1970s the institute was headed by
Dneprodzerzhinsk is the third city in value in area afternew management;Loginov Vladimir Ivanovich became
Dnepropetrovsk and Krivoi Rog. Dneprodzerzhinsk, inthe rector of institute. During almost 25 years of his
its geography, history of economic development andwork as the rector, from 1963 to 1988 the high school
an industrial profile has much in common withhas grown almost three times. New modern
Dnepropetrovsk. Between these cities and along theeducational cases were built in 13, 15, 16, 17.
rivers connecting them, railway and automobile roadsThe high school was transformed from a small
connect the settlements where majority of inhabitantsregional factory-technical college into the big modern
who work at the enterprises of both cities.industrial institute of republican and allied value. Entering
The main industries of Dneprodzerzhinsk are 1.each new decade, the Dneprodzerzhinsk Industrial
Metallurgical - Dneprovsky metallurgical industrialInstitute overcame problems that were achieved by
complex of F. E. Dzerzhinskogo and Open Societythe faculty, students, and employees. In 1970
which is one of the largest enterprises of an industrialDneprodzerzhinsk was awarded the Labor Red
complex in Ukraine with a full metallurgical cycle onBanner. The industrial institute of M. I. Arsenicheva
release of 5600 thousand tons of agglomerate, 4350already had in its structure six faculties: metallurgical,
thousand tons of pig-iron, 3850 thousand tons of achemistry-technological, evening, technical. Teaching
steel, 3829 thousand tons of ready hire. Open Societyand educational and scientific work in high school was
is the unique supplier in Ukraine which rents axialcarried out by 30 chairs with 4 Doctors of sciences,
preparation for railway transportation, piles of typeprofessors worked; 110 candidates of sciences, senior
Larsen, rails contact for underground, steel grindinglecturers; more than 140 teachers without scientific
spheres and trumpet preparation;degrees. In 1968. V. I. Loginovym has been based the
2. Machine-building - Open Society Dneprovagonmashbig museum of history of high school. During the early
(Of the newspaper "Truth"), one of leading enterpriseseighties an Accounting Department was founded.
of Ukraine and the CIS countries on designing andThe development of institute proceeded until the middle
manufacturing of freight cars for the main railwaysof the 1980s. Foundation for development of financial
and various industries; 3. Chemical and cocechemistry-base and expansion of types of preparation of
chemical industrial complex, 2 cocechemistry factories,specialists, stopped up in 1960-70, settled systematic,
DneproAzot; 4. The industry of building materials - afor a few years to open new specialties and put a
cement works (Open Society Dneprotsement),new complex into operation. In these years an industrial
precast concrete factory; 5. A number of theinstitute became a leading institute of higher in the
enterprises of the food-processing industry; 6. Port oncohort of metallurgical institutes of higher of republic,
Dnepr River, a railway junction, road service station;large highly skilled faculty advisers were formed, basic
In Dneprodzerzhinsk there are 47 large industrialstudying-methodical, research and educate work
enterprises and 1188 enterprises of small and averageassignments were expressly determined, basic
business. The structure of industrial production of thedepartments and faculties were formed, there were
city consists of metallurgy and metal processing (67certain traditions and consuetudes of all collective of
%), chemical branch (18 %), coke manufacture (5 %),institute of higher.
mechanical engineering (2 %), manufacture of buildingIn 1988. the rector of university was become Ogurtsov.
materials, electric power industry, food, easy and otherHis complex approach to working out actual problems
industries prevails. The major kinds of production areof institute of higher life enabled gradually to transform
pig-iron, steel, hire, cement, coke, mineral fertilizers, thean university to the high-quality new level. in October,
electric power, main and industrial cars. In the past few27 of 1993. The college of department of education of
years new kinds of production of buses wasUkraine a decision gave the Dneprodzerzhinsk
introduced.industrial institute status of the State technical
There are also 5 design and research organizations.university. An institute of higher began to open new
One of the major ones is the Ukrainian State researchhumanitarian and technical specialties: applied
project Institute of the Nitric industry and products ofmathematics, jurisprudence (industrial right), machines
organic synthesis. The institute carries outand vehicles of food productions, metallurgy and
modernization of the operation and designing of newchemistry of rare and dissipated metals, etc. In
manufacturing processes in the chemical and alliedSeptember of 1994. an economic faculty is created.
industries. Under institute projects in territory of the CISFor history of the existence a technical university was
and the far abroad it is constructed over 100 units, ofaccumulated bylarge experience of preparation of
them 31 - in Ukraine. Also the State project institutehighly skilled specialists. In an institute of higher always
"Dniprodzerginsk Civil Project" having 55-year-oldworked and experimental specialists, teachers and
experience of release of the design documentation onscientists, work today. So, for example, in an institute
building of a city works.fruitfully worked famous in the world metallurgist, in
Among the city educational institutions aretime academician, vice-president AN USSR of Bardin,
Dneprodzerzhinsk State Technical University, industrial,professor Andreev (steel-worker), associate professor
metallurgical, power, chemistry-technological, trade andBrilliantov (blast-furnace operator), associate professor
economic technical schools, medical and musicalPoletaev (heating engineer), professor, manager by the
schools. The Dneprodzerzhinsk State Technicaldepartment of Tsukanov (power engineering
University was founded April, 25th, 1920 under thespecialist), manager by the department of
decision of Ekaterinoslavsky Provincial Department ofmathematics of Rubanov.
Vocational Training in the city Kamjansky (nowadays9 faculties function within the university: Metallurgical
Dneprodzerzhinsk) where one of the largest metalfaculty, Chemistry-technological faculty, Faculty of
works of the south of the country has been located.economy and management, Faculty of sociology and
The Dneprodzerzhinsk State Technical University hasphilology, Faculty of electronics and computer
passed through the stages of formation, developmenttechnique, Mechanical faculty, Power faculty,
and blossoming. In 1920 the DneprodzerzhinskExtra-mural faculty and Faculty of after diploma
Technical school became a technical school with theeducation.