From the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Polytechnics community dedicated itself entirely to the defense of the country. Around 4,000 students and staff joined the active army, the people's militia, and partisan units.
From 1943, the institute operated in two locations — Tashkent and besieged Leningrad — continuing both education and scientific research under extreme conditions.
In 1944, after the return of faculty and students from evacuation, Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (LPI) fully resumed academic operations.
To learn more about how the institute survived the war, visit the website: https://pobeda.spbstu.ru
From the very beginning of the Great Patriotic War, the Polytechnics community dedicated itself entirely to the defense of the country. Around 4,000 students and staff joined the active army, the people's militia, and partisan units.
From 1943, the institute operated in two locations — Tashkent and besieged Leningrad — continuing both education and scientific research under extreme conditions.
In 1944, after the return of faculty and students from evacuation, Leningrad Polytechnic Institute (LPI) fully resumed academic operations.
To learn more about how the institute survived the war, visit the website: https://pobeda.spbstu.ru
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