Leningradskij Korablestroitel'nyj Institut

"In 1899, by the order of Emperor Nikolay II, St. Petersburg Polytechnic Institute was found. It consisted of four Departments, the Shipbuilding Department was one of them. ... The Polytechnic Institute and its Shipbuilding Department suffered through the stormy years of the first World war, the October revolution and the civil war and in spite of all the losses, they not only survived by continued preparation of engineers. Later the Department essentially enlarged the numbers of students and teachers and extended the educational programs on offer to the dimension of a higher studies institution. It was opened in 1930 and got the name of Leningrad Shipbuilding Institute (LSI)."