Formation of civil engineering education in Tomsk

The history of civil engineering education in Tomsk dates back more than a century. The article presents the prerequisites for the creation of technical and civil engineering education in the Asian part of the Russian Empire in the 19– 20th centuries. The first years of existence of a new architectural school beyond the Urals are describe as well as the formation of the educational process. Some aspects are reflected in works of Siberian scientists and urban planners. Despite the importance of Tomsk as a science city since the end of the 19th century, scientific works on the formation of civil engineering education in the Asian part of Russia and in Tomsk are absent. A historical contribution to the development of civil engineering education by such people as K.K. Lygin, A.D. Kryachkov, I.I. Bobarykov, A.E. Sabek, F.F. Gut, P.F. Fedorovsky, is not fully consecrated in the context of their teaching activities. This work is a comprehensive study of contributions of each historical person to the educational process of civil engineering. The work has a strict chronological sequence, considers formation stages of of civil engineering and architectural education, starting with the opening of the Tomsk Technological Institute, ending with the separation of faculties into a higher educational institution and its relocation to Novosibirsk. Historical events in question took place at the end of the 19th and late in 20th centuries. New information given in the article complements existing historical research, expands available information about problems faced by the first leaders of higher engineering and construction school in Tomsk.