Activities of the Odesa branch of the Imperial Technical Society on the organizing the School of Construction Workers (end of the19th – beginning of the 20th century)

Abstract

The article is devoted to the study of the activities of the Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society and its Permanent commission on technical education. They solved the problems of the formation of professional education in the region, in particular, through the creation of a school of construction tradesmen. The main source of the research was the materials of the funds of the State Archives of the Odesa region, published reports of Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society. The purpose of the research: study of the problem of organization and results of the activity of Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society on the creation of a school of construction workers in Odesa. Research methods were used: problem-chronological, historical-genetic, retrospective, comparative analysis, quantitative methods. These methods contribute to the rigorous and systematic investigation of historical phenomena, allowing to construct nuanced and evidence-based narratives. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the system of professional education in the russian empire at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, was formed with the participation of public associations. A key role in this process in the Black Sea region was played by the Odesa branch of IRTT and its Permanent commission on technical education. Their main attention was paid to lower professional education. This was dictated by the requests of Odesa branch of the Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society itself in terms of modernization, as well as its financial capabilities. The school of construction workers was created by Odesa branch of the Imperial Russian Technical Society. It focused on the training of workers with modern competencies. The general management of the school of tithes was entrusted to the head of the Permanent Commission for Technical Education, Professor V. M. Ligin. The head of the educational department was appointed the inspector from the educational department of Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society schools, state adviser M. O. Kaminsky. A two-year training course with theoretical and practical parts was introduced in the school of construction workers. The school of construction workers became an important link in solving the problem of the quality of human capital in the context of the deployment of modernization processes. It operated from 1891 to 1919 at the Odesa branch of the Imperial russian technical society. It trained 731 specialists in the field of construction, which contributed to a significant increase in the professional level of workers both in the northern Black Sea region of Ukraine and in other territories of the Russian Empire in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Type of article: descriptive.