Practicing (is) the Russian way

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Mining Journal (Gornyi Zhurnal), one of the oldest journals published in Russia

In general, technical education in Russia did not differ greatly from that of French École Polytechnique and École de Mines, and it had a similarly long tradition.

The first Russian Mining School was founded ten years before its French equivalent. However, while the state played the decisive role in creating the École de Mines, the idea of an institution that trained mining specialists in Russia came from industry. In 1771, the Bashkir miner Ismail Tasimov petitioned the Mining Office to establish a mining school, the running costs of which would be paid by industrialists, who would have access to specialists who understood the growing complexity if mining technology.

The school was founded two years later and accorded equal status with the universities in 1806. The full degree course took eight years and, in addition to a standard grounding in math, physics, and chemistry, consisted largely of practical exercises in mining and ironworks. Like the French schools founded by the state, graduates from the Mining School and the St. Petersburg Institute to which it was attached in 1834 were expected to enter state service as civil servants or military officers.

Although it excelled in practical training, the Mining School was also a home of outstanding scholars, and its Mining Journal (Gornyi Zhurnal), published intermittently since 1825, is one of the oldest scholarly journals in the world today.

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Slawomir Lotysz, 'Practicing (is) the Russian way', Inventing Europe, http://www.inventingeurope.eu/story/practicing-is-the-russian-way

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  1. Iron-Making Societies: Early Industrial Development in Sweden and Russia, 1600-1900, edited by Maria Ågren. Providence: Berghahn Books, 1998.

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The Architecture of Expertise

Modern systems of technical education developed in Europe throughout the nineteenth century. Although most universities and institutes training future engineers were national by nature, many copied patterns and models from other countries. Those countries that started later often had the advantage of multiple models and experience to choose from.


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