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Did you know that the name of the university has changed more than once? 1899 — St. Petersburg St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute 1910 — Emperor Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute 1914 — Emperor Peter the Great Petrograd Polytechnic Institute 1917 — Petrograd Polytechnic Institute 1918 — 1st Petrograd Polytechnic Institute 1922 — M.I. Kalinin 1st Petrograd Polytechnic Institute 1923 — M.I. Kalinin Petrograd Polytechnic Institute 1924 — Leningrad M.I. Kalinin Polytechnic Institute (LPI) 1930 — M.I. Kalinin LPI was broken up into several sectoral institutes; a number of independent schools of higher education were established on the basis of LPI faculties 1934 — sectoral institutes were consolidated under a new name of Leningrad Industrial Institute 1940 — the previous Leningrad M.I. Kalinin Polytechnic Institute name was restored 1990 — Leningrad State Technical University 1991 — St. Petersburg State Technical University 2002 — St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University 2015 — Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University What's your favorite university name? Write in comments 🔽