Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute

Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute, an important educational and scientific institution in South Caucasus. It was founded on May 6, 1917. L. Mandelstam, A. Javakhishvili, A. Tvalchrelidze, A. Didebulidze were among the first professors of the Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute. The first rector was the famous soil scientist, S. Zakharov. Studies at the institute began on October 9, 1917. Teaching was conducted in Russian. In Menshevik Georgia, it was a private institution (supported by private donations and tuition fees). After the establishment of Soviet power in Georgia, on October 1, 1921, it was declared a state institution and named Tbilisi State Polytechnic Institute by the decision of the People's Commissariat for Education of the Republic, and in 1922 it was named after V. I. Lenin. In 1917–1928, the number of students at Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute increased from 300 to 2,200. M. Sabashvili was a graduate of Tbilisi Polytechnic Institute. In 1928, the institute ceased to exist. Its technical faculties were merged with the Georgian Polytechnic Institute (now the Georgian Technical University; GTU), founded on the base of the Polytechnic Faculty of Tbilisi State University (established in 1922).

 

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