State Institute of Fine Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg

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STATE INSTITUTE (UNIVERSITY) OF FINE MECHANICS AND OPTICS, St. Petersburg (14 Sablinskaya Street) was founded in 1930 on the basis of the Technical School of Fine Mechanics and Optics. In 1994, it received university status and its present-day name. The university prepares workers for the technology industry in the fields of optics and optoelectronics, informatics, computing techniques, laser techniques, etc. In 2002, there were the faculties of information technologies and programming, computer technologies and management, optical informational systems and technologies, physical engineering, natural science, fine mechanics and technologies, and humanities. The university includes the Institute of Complex Military Education and the Instrument Technical School. The university also houses the Petersburg Branch of the Russian Federal University Computer Network and the Petersburg Association of Internet Education. One of its buildings is the former House for State Institutions (49 Kronverksky Avenue; 1912-13, architects M.M. Peretyatkovich, M.S. Lyalevich).

References: Жаров А. Ф., Потеев М. И. Ленинградский ордена Трудового Красного Знамени институт точной механики и оптики: (Крат. ист. очерк). СПб., 1992; ИТМО: годы и люди. СПб., 2000.

А. P. Kupaygorodskaya. Lyalevich Marian Stanislavovich
Peretyatkovich Marian Marianovich
Kronverksky Ave/Saint Petersburg, city, house 49
Sablinskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 14
ИТМО: годы и люди. СПб., 2000
Жаров А. Ф., Потеев М. И. Ленинградский ордена Трудового Красного Знамени институт точной механики и оптики: (Крат. ист. очерк). СПб., 1992 Municipal Institutions Buildings (entry)