Bauman Moscow State Technical University
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, sometimes colloquially referred as the Bauman School or Baumanka (Бауманка), is a public technical university (polytechnic) located in Moscow, Russia. Bauman University offers B.S., M.S & PhD degrees in various engineering fields and applied sciences. In 2023, US News & World Report ranked it #1,758 in the world.
Bauman Moscow State Technical University
Russian anniversary postage stamp with the Main Building of the Bauman University, 2005
Main Building of the Bauman University. View from the Yauza River side
Educational and Laboratory Building of the BMSTU and the monument to Sergei Korolev
The Moscow Orphanage or Foundling Home was an ambitious project conceived by Catherine the Great and Ivan Betskoy, in the early 1760s. This idealistic experiment of the Age of Enlightenment was intended to manufacture "ideal citizens" for the Russian state by bringing up thousands of abandoned children to a very high standard of refinement, cultivation, and professional qualifications. Despite more than adequate staffing and financing, the Orphanage was plagued by high infant mortality and ultimately failed as a social institution.
The Orphanage, January 2018
Karl Blank's plans for the Orphanage, 1760s
Portrait of Ivan Betskoy.
Moscow Orphanage. By Fyodor Alekseyev, 19th century