About National University «Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic»
Also known as Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University, Poltava Institute of Agricultural Construction, Poltava Engineering and Construction Institute
The National University "Poltava Polytechnic" is a Ukrainian public university in Poltava.
National University "Yuri Kondratyuk Poltava Polytechnic" is a Ukrainian university in Poltava. It is located on Pershotravneva Avenue. Previously known as Poltava National Technical Yuri Kondratyuk University, PoltNTU.
History
Early history
The Central Building of the university is a monument of architecture of the first hald of 19th century, built in the classical style. The building was architectured by Louis Charlemagne a part of the Empire-style ensemble of Poltava city center, and constructed in 1828–1832.
The Institute of Noble Maidens, founded on December 12, 1818, by Varvara Riepina in Poltava, became the first educational institution of closed type for noble girls in the Russian empire's principal town of a province. Over the hundred-year activity period, various famous Ukrainian, Russian and Czech culture activists had worked at the institute.