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The Polytechnical Institute of Riga (the Polytechnikum of Riga) was the first multi-profile institution of higher education in the current territory of Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. Its establishment in 1862 was connected with the rapid economic development of Riga into a developed industrial center and the development of the railway transport in Russia. The main task of the institution was to educate and train technical personnel. The collection contains materials for the period between 1890 and 1918. It includes materials on the activities of student associations and corporations in Riga including: a list of student organizations in Riga, lists of the organizations’ members, their reports, correspondence of the local and imperial education authorities, and requests to permit the establishment of new student associations --

Reference Code
LVVA-Riga-7175
Original Reference Code
Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs, Riga;Original fonds code;7175
Dates
1890-1918
Consists of
6 files..
Languages
Russian; German;
Description
The collection contains materials relating to the activities of Jewish and some non-Jewish student associations and corporations in Riga. The administrative materials include correspondence with local and Imperial education authorities on the activities of student organizations, and correspondence with the police. Some of the letters inform the authorities of lectures on different themes. The collection contains reports and statues of the student organizations (including the Jewish Student Society Znanie, the Jewish Student Association Anatolica, The Self-Help Fund of the Jewish Students (Riga), the Jewish Student Society Vetulia, and many other organizations). A letter from 1909 includes a list of student organizations in Riga, with the years of their establishment or registration. There are also lists of the organizations’ members, requests to permit meetings, celebrations and other activities. The collection consists of reports on students' meetings, notifications on elections of the associations’ functionaries, requests to permit the establishment of new student associations, statistics and financial data, records on cultural and social activities of the associations. Materials from World War I reflect the student associations' activities after their evacuation from Riga to Moscow.
Title The Polytechnical Institute of Riga.
Contributors Rīgas politehniskais institūts
Notes The collection includes copies of selected Jewish-related materials from the collection of the Polytechnical Institute of Riga which are archived in the Latvian State Historical Archives (F. 7175)
Host Item Latvijas Valsts vēstures arhīvs (LVVA), Riga - Copied Material.
Level of Description Sub-Fonds Record
Biographical summary The Polytechnical Institute of Riga was established in 1862 as the Polytechnikum of Riga. At the time it was the first multi-profile institution of higher education in the current territory of Latvia, then part of the Russian Empire. The Polytechnikum's first instructors came mainly from Germany, Switzerland and Austria-Hungary, and German was the language of instruction. In 1896 the Polytechnikum became a state-owned institution – a polytechnic institute. The language of instruction was changed from German to Russian. The institute was evacuated eastward during World War I and it was not re-established as an independent institution until 1958. Its modern counterpart is the Riga Technical University.
Language Note Russian
German
National Library system number 997010474987705171
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