THE ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS INSTITUTE IN MOSCOW

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• Publication Date: June 20, 1958
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COUNTRY USSR (Moscow Oblast)
SUBJECT ?The Electrotechnical communications
\Institute in Moscow
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' THE ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMUNICATIONS '.INSTITUTE IN MOSCOW
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The Electrotechnical communications Institute located.on-Aviamotornayli.,.,
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ulitsa? Kaiininski4r- Rayon,- Moscow :(see sketch; page 7),
was subordinate tdthe:Minibtryfrof Higher Education, except for the .period
from l.46 to 1 48:vhen it was unders:theAM?ii f.re tma. ? ntion 3crainmert/.
2. The course of study for students enrolled in the radio-engineering course
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was as follows:
A. First Year
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(1) Marxist-Leninist theory : 4 three?semesterursejwith 150
hours of theoryyand.:1.00. hours Of practical application The
first semester was devoted to the study of philosophy and -the
other two to study in Party history and the classical works
of Marx; Engels, Lenin., and Stalin .
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Engliih-and German-language courses were begun during the? first
year and extended over a seven-semester period with 50 hours
of study per semester.
Military training: There were four courses of study; including
military tactics and strategy,held over an eight-semester period,
for male-students only.
students
were required to have a knowledge of telegraphy and,bivouacking,
and were graduated from the course as reserve lieutenants..
Higher mathematics:. This course ha four semesters of study,
With about 206 hours of theory and about 200 hours of practical
application.
Physles:,The?phypics course, which began with'the'second
semesterj included 180 hours of theory and .180 hoUrsof .
practice.
Descriptive geometry: This course was given during the first
semester, with 60 hours ?of theory and sonic.)-t.0 hours of practical
application..
Drafting: A three-semester course with 150 hours of study.
Chemistry: A one-semester course;including sixty hours of
theory and eight or ften laboratory project6'involving about
40 hours of work.
Metallurgy: 'A OneZemester courSencludJ,ng 70'hOUre of theory
and 70 hours ofwork,in machine shops.
(10 mechartiO4:- : A two-semester course?ipeguninlhe seCond semester;
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the course included 120 hours of theorydrid,laborgtory work and
about 100 hours Of practical trainfng.
B. Second Year
(1) Poiitical-eco4d0.: A tlioiethester'courSeiludilig:j20 hours
of practical application.'
(2) Machine theory:? A one-semester course with?about'20,hours'of
laboatorywOrk
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Construction Of machinery: - A one-semester, 60-hour study.
course with about 30 hours of laboratory work Work project
assigned to the class calculate
and Morse telegraph apparatus
(4) , Strength of Materials: A two-6semetter course, with 140 hours
of theory and 160 hours of 'laboratory-research_
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Theory of electrotechnics: A four-semester course, begun in
the fourth semester, which included 220 hours of theory and.
120 hours of practical training; the latter included about
100 ,hours of laboratory work.
(6) Internal combustion engines: One semester, with 60 hours
of theory and 30 hours practical training.
C. Third year
(1) Electrical measurements: .50ne Semester, with60 hours of theory
and 40 hours of laboratory work
(2) Electrotechnical materials: One semester, With 50 hours of
theory and 30 hours of laboratory wOrk
(3)
Electric apparatus; A two-semester course,- including 150 hours
of theory 'and 80 hOUrs of laboratory.
(4) Elocfroni:c, tubes: One semester, including 80, hour 6 of theory'
and: 80 hours ,of laboratory work
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RadiotechnolOgy:- A three-semester,
40 hours of problem solving.
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(6) Radiotechfe`al 'measurements : A two-semester course? including
1007:hdurs.,Vf .theory and 60.,1?3,91,4:q of laboratory work.
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160 our course
including
(7) Low-frequency amplifiers : one-semester :coursewith 6o hours
of,,theorYand 40 hours of laboratory:workThe class project
assigned was ',0,-CalCUlate?,elOw.t:freqUency,100-watt amplifier.
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(b) Radio' broadcastiN: A three-semester course, with ?op hours .
theory and 60 hours (:)1.0bra-Ory% The project completed
during tlap course ': cOnsitted Of a 'large radio station:
(9) Mechanics of rad_ib -transmitters A three.-semester course, with
200 hours of theOry, and lop hourS of laboratory work. The
course included one month Of practical training in :a; broadcasting
station and a work project dealing with a small telephone-
telegraph transmitter' .
(10) 'Mechanics Of radio receivers: A three-semester course,with 200
hours. Of theory and 100 hours oflaboratory- research. It included
one month's training in a radio receiving :station and building
a first-elass short-wave receiving pet to operate hetween 20-
and 70-meter wave lengths
(11) Telegraph-telephone Communications: One semester, with two
separate courses consisting of 120 hours of theory and 60 hourt
of laboratory
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D. Fourth year
In addition to pursuing courses of study begun during the previous term,
the students were taught the following subjects:
(1) Current flow in the radio tube: A two-semester course)with 100
hours of theory and 30 hours of laboratory work.
(2) Propagation of radio waves: A two-semester course, with 120
hours of theory and 100 hours devoted to laboratory research.
(3)
Organization and:planning-of enterprises: A one-semester course
with 50 hours of theory and 30 hours devoted to he solution of
problems.
(4) Electro-acoustics: A one-semester course, with 70 hours of theory
and 20 of laboratory research.
(5) Television: A two-semester course) begun during the eighth semetter;
it was designed for students who specialized in advanced television.
It included 180 hours'of theory and 60 hours of laboratory. work.
E. Fifth year
The following subjects were taught during the fifth year:
(1) .Radio. networks: A. one-semester course) with 70 hours-oftheory
and '30hours of problems.
(2) Principles of radio antennas: A two-semester course)with 120
hour's of theory and 50 hours of laboratory.
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Economics of.communications: , A one-semester course)with-70
hours-of theory and 20 hours devoted to problems.
(4) Security techniques: A one-semester course)with 50 hours of
practical training..
The students devoted the second semester of the fifth term mainly to
work on aspecific.project; fourthonth6.were alloted to the project
development and,research, under the 'guidance of a professor-consultant,
and two?months were spent in practical training at 's. work-center
related t0 the chosen project. The students' theses were first
reviewed by 4 specialist and then turned over to' a state examining
board) whereafter the Student appeared before the board to support his
proposition, The eXaminingboard:wasgenerallycomposed of school
professors.and doctors Of theoretical science from the Institute of
Scientific.InveStigatiOn./Sig..
3. The following additional research opportunities, moreover, were made
available to:students, at theInStitute: (a) The. faculty; organized
non-political scientific'studycircles,?whiph students could attend
free.ofeharge in order to .pursue some specialized Course of study
and (b) be professors
in each branch of learning held monthlymeetingsfor the purpose of
stithulating 'research on scientific problems. At the conference, ?
student.members.of the scientific study circles, working either'
individually?or in groups) selected topics from a list prepared by the .
faculty .and wrote theses. 'The subjects. dealt with scientific
matters or. non-resolved indUstrial.prebletht n.and.were based, onia-
quiries..stemming from factories or the. Institute for Scientific
?Investigation. The theses were developed under the professors,
guidance and, when complete,. were :reviewed and debated pro and con
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by the faculty and the student groups. These research study courses,
moreover, were of considerable practical value since many students
obtained invention patents on the basis of their theses.
4. The members of the faculty were, without exception, well-qualified
individuals with outstanding scientific knowledge in their specialized
fields, and who were able to communicate their ideas to the students.
The students, in turn, were expected to know their subject matter thoroughly,
to have an exact knowledgeof methods and techniques, and a,profound
knowledge of theory as derived from the scientific and ideological
study programs referred to above. Intelligence and studiousness were
prerequisites for students who attended the technical schools: they
were required to perform exhaustive research on scientific phenomena, such
as cosmic rays, for example. higher education in the
technical schools somewhat difficult. prior to 1947 the
directors of the technical schools were engineers who were not obliged
to,teach classes and had, therefore, no special teaching qualifications.
In accordance with a new regulation instituted in 1947, however, the
directors assumed teaching duties and the minimum requirement was a
Science 'Candidate degree. Nadierdin. (fnu), one of the directors at
the Electrotechnical Communications Institute had obtained his science
degree.
5 The faculty. included the following Soviet professors
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Pistolkors. (mu)
Nadenenko (fnu)
Terentev Unu)
Goron (fnu)
Ponomarev (nail)
Chikin (fnu)
Finikov (fnu)
Furduyev (fnu)
Katayev (fnu)
General Observations
- an antenna expert
- an antenna expert
a radio broadcastingexpert
- specialist in radio receiving
specialist in radio receiving
an expert on amplifiers
- a Mathematician
- an acoustics and physics
a television expert
in the Institute
studies, had
expert
the mechanical aspects of the work, related
given practical training in radio communications
The theoretical and technical training at
the Institute was adequate, and the specialized study plan, i.e., the
scientific study circles (see paragraph 3 above)
was quite ample. students
had likewise derived material benefit from the monthly conference sessions
(see paragraph 3 above).
The equipment in the
Institute was good and the laboratories were well equipped with modern
apparatus and thermo-electric appliances.
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there were two or? three Rumanians and a few Bulgarian5 Yugoslav,
Polish and Mo olian students. at the scho
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Sketch Showing Location of the
Electrotechnical Communications Institute in Kalininskiy Rayon o Moscow
Railroad to Leningrad Railroad track
Lefortovo Station
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Electrotechnical
Communications
Institute
Fr ezer
AndronoYk4
Station
Railroad to Vladimir
Railroad track
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RaYftoad to Ryazan
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