Barnaul Mining College

In the second half of the 18th century , due to the active development of mining production in Altai, local factories, factories and mines lacked qualified personnel - technicians and engineers. In 1779, it was decided to open the Mining School in Barnaul , a secondary vocational school with a 5-6 year term of study on the basis of an elementary school.

After a short delay, in connection with the search and training of teachers, in 1785 the school began its work. This work succeeded in attracting college assessor Martov, who taught geometry , arithmetic , algebra , geography , physics , history and grammar ; archivist Strum was instructed to teach chemistry , mineralogy and metallurgy ; Pastor Gabriel - Latin , German and French . In the first year of work, the school accepted 20 people, and by 1791 the number of students increased to 90.

Initially, the school was intended for the children of noblemen and mountain officers, but the number of teenagers in these classes living in Barnaul was very low. In the summer of 1789, by order of Privy Councilor Gabriel Kachka, the most talented graduates of mining schools belonging to different classes began to be accepted into the educational institution. In the same year, a graduate of the St. Petersburg Teachers' Seminary began to teach at the school, and later the famous physicist and academician Vasily Petrov . He studied mathematics, physics, Latin and grammar with his students, and also influenced the general educational process. With his participation, the entire system of classes improved, excursions to mines and factories, as well as a class-lesson training system, were introduced.

Further development of the school was associated with the activities of the head of the Kolyvano-Voskresensky factories Pyotr Frolov . With his participation, a draft “Regulation on the educational institutions of Kolyvano-Voskresensky Zavody” is being developed, according to which the school plan was close to the plan of the gymnasium, but differed from it in its professional focus. The entire training period was divided into 4 levels. General education subjects were studied at the two youngest, mineralogy at the third, and special subjects were added on the fourth — assay and mining art, metallurgy, mine surveying , general and mining mechanics, architecture, and law. Practical subjects were taught by experienced engineers, while the program included the study of factory machines, including the steam engine invented by Ivan Polzunov .

After graduating from college, graduates were given the opportunity to continue their education in senior (VII and VIII) courses of the St. Petersburg Mining Cadet Corps and receive the profession of engineer.

In 1836, the mining school was district, and in 1897 - real.

Nowadays, the building where the educational institution was located in the 19th century is included in the architectural ensemble of Demidov Square and is a monument of federal significance. One of the buildings of the Altai State Agrarian University is now located in the premises of the mining school.

Graduates

• Anzimirov V.A. ( 1859 - 1921 ) Issue 1871 - publisher, journalist, enlightener, industrialist, writer, publicist, politician, public figure, producer. Publisher of the Kopeyka newspaper family.
• Gulyaev S.I. ( 1805 - 1888 ) - folklorist, ethnographer, inventor.
• Zalesov P.M. ( 1772 - 1837 ) - mining specialist, inventor, plant builder in Altai.
• Markov B. M. ( 1884 - 1920 ) - Social Revolutionary , member of the Constituent Assembly from the Tomsk province.
• Nikulin A.O. ( 1878 - 1945 ) - artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Teachers

• A. G. Vlangali ( 1823 - 1908 ) - pioneer geographer, exploration historian, economist, diplomat, member of the State Council of the Russian Empire.
• V.V. Petrov ( 1761 - 1834 ) - experimental physicist, academician and corresponding member of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
• V.V. Radlov ( 1837 - 1918 ) - orientalist-Turkologist, ethnographer and archaeologist.

• Barnaul: Encyclopedia / Ed. V. A. Skubnevsky . - Barnaul: Publishing house Alt. state University , 2000. - ISBN 5-7904-0140-6 .