Kerch Polytechnic College (Russian: Керченский политехнический колледж, romanized: Kerchenskiy politekhnicheskiy kolledzh) is a higher education institution in Kerch, Crimea. It trains personnel in 16 specialties, and about 300 students enroll for first-year studies at the college annually.[2]
Керченский политехнический колледж | |
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Former name | Kerch Mining and Smelting Tekhnikum |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1930 |
| Director | Denis Kolesnik[1] |
| Location | 45°21′23″N 36°32′08″E / 45.35639°N 36.53556°E |
| Website | kerchpoliteh |
History
editIt was established in 1930 as Kerch Mining and Smelting Tekhnikum (Russian: Керченский горно-металлургический техникум) to support the Kamysh-Burun Iron Ore Plant and the P. L. Voykov Metallurgical Factory.[3] Having trained about a thousand graduates by the time of the German invasion in 1941, the tekhnikum was eventually evacuated to the Urals to later return to Kerch in 1945. Thereafter, it produced various specialists to work in metallurgical regions of Ukraine and at the Soviet Ministry of Ferrous Metallurgy, remaining the sole special secondary educational institution in the city until 1952.
The tekhnikum changed its profile and became a polytechnic in 1990. In 2011, it has been reorganized into Kerch Polytechnic College of the National University of Food Technologies (Ukrainian: Керченський політехнічний коледж Національного університету харчових технологій).[4]
Shortly after the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the college was nationalized under Order of the State Council of Crimea on 11 April 2014.[5] On 7 April 2015, the Museum of Battle Glory was opened at the college on the initiative of its tutor Vitaly Nekrasov.[6] The Kerch Tekhnikum of Service Industry (found in 1925) was merged with Kerch Polytechnic College in 2016.[4]
2018 massacre
editOn 17 October 2018, Kerch Polytechnic College became the site of a mass shooting and bomb attack, in which 20 people were killed and 70 injured. The perpetrator subsequently committed suicide at the scene.[7] He was later identified as 18-year-old Vladislav Roslyakov, a student at the college.[8]
Notable alumni
edit- Anatoly Kokorin (1921–1943) – Hero of the Soviet Union, junior lieutenant.[9]
- Ivan Gerashchenko (1920–1945) – Hero of the Soviet Union, sergeant.[9]
- Vladimir Alkidov (1920–1982) – Hero of the Soviet Union, lieutenant.[9]
- Stepan Poshivalnikov (1919–1944) – Hero of the Soviet Union, captain.[9]
- Anatoly Pushkarenko (1913–1964) – Hero of the Soviet Union, major.[9]
- Vasily Tynkov (1920–1974) – Hero of the Soviet Union, senior sergeant.[9]
2018 massacre
edit- Vladislav Roslyakov, Perpetrator of the Kerch Polytechnic College massacre which resulted in 20 deaths and 70 injuries.
References
edit- ^ "Руководитель образовательного учреждения". kerchpoliteh.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Students among most victims of Kerch college blast — Crimean ombudswoman". TASS. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "История колледжа". kerchpoliteh.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ a b "Керченский политехнический колледж. Досье" (in Russian). TASS. 17 October 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Постановление Государственного Совета Республики Крым от 11.04.2014 г. № 2042-6/14 "О национализации учебных заведений, научных, научно-технических, научно-исследовательских учреждений, предприятий, расположенных на территории Республики Крым"". crimea.gov.ru (in Russian). 24 April 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ "Музей боевой славы". kerchpoliteh.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 February 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ Hodge, Nathan; Burrows, Emma; Tarasova, Darya; Britton, Bianca (18 October 2018). "20 killed in Crimea college gun and bomb attack, Russia says". CNN. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
- ^ Chance, Matthew (18 October 2018). "Crimea school attack: Russians blame Western culture". CNN. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Наши выпускники - Герои Советского Союза". kerchpoliteh.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 November 2023.