Branch of the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University in Kaluga is 145 years old

Abstract

In 2023, the branch of the Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University in Kaluga (Kaluga branch of PGUPS) turns 145 years old. An essay on the 145-year history of the educational institution, modern achievements are presented.

The Kaluga Railway Technical School (now the Kaluga branch of PGUPS) is one of the oldest specialized secondary educational institutions in Russia.

It is very difficult to overestimate the importance of this institution and the specialists it trains. Over the years of its activity, the technical school has trained more than 20 thousand specialists for the country’s railway transport (including for the Republic of Cuba), machine-building and instrument-making enterprises, and the armed forces.

The pride of the college is its graduates. Many graduates have government and industry awards, academic degrees and titles, work as teachers in universities and technical schools of railway transport, in road technical schools. For high performance in the training of young specialists, the technical school was repeatedly awarded with diplomas and letters of thanks.

The branch has its own museum, which stores documents about the history of the educational institution, its leaders, employees, students, outstanding graduates and teachers. Museum exhibits and literature together constitute a memorable book.

At present, the tradition of succession of generations is being preserved and developed in the branch.