Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation
![]() | This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2009) |
![]() | This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in Russian. (October 2012) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation (Russian: Школа математических и навигацких наук) was a Russian educational institution founded by Peter the Great in 1701. Situated in the Sukharev Tower, it provided Russians with technical education for the first time and much of its curriculum was devoted to producing sailors, engineers, cartographers and bombardiers to support Peter's expanding navy and army. It is the forerunner of the modern system of technical education of Russia. In 1712, Artillery classes and Engineering classes were moved to Saint Petersburg to found the Engineering school and Artillery school.[1] Abram Petrovich Gannibal was the first chief of engineering school. In 1715 Navigator classes were moved to Saint Petersburg to found the Marine academy. The school closed in 1752.
Several modern educational institutions claim continuity with the Moscow School of Mathematics and Navigation, including the N.G. Kuznetsov Naval Academy, the Military engineering-technical university, and Mikhailovskaya Artillery Academy.
Sources[]
- ^ Stephen Timoshenko Engineering Education in Russia, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1959
- Schools in Russia
- Schools in Moscow
- 1701 establishments in Russia
- 1752 disestablishments
- Russia university stubs