Astrakhan State Technical University (ASTU) is a

technical university An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ...

located in

Astrakhan Astrakhan (, ) is the largest city and administrative centre of Astrakhan Oblast in southern Russia. The city lies on two banks of the Volga, in the upper part of the Volga Delta, on eleven islands of the Caspian Depression, from the Caspian Se ...

, Russia.

History

Federal State Educational Institution of Higher Professional Education "Astrakhan State Technical University" is the legal successor of the Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy, established in accordance with the Order of the People's Commissariat of Foreign and Domestic Trade of the USSR from May 9, 1930, No. 695 "On fish schools, colleges, rybfakah and courses". Order of the Russian Federation State Committee for Higher Education on June 3, 1994, No. 547 "On the renaming of the Astrakhan Technical Institute of Fishing Industry and Economy" and the order of the Russian Federation of 08.07.1994 Goskorybolovstva, No. 107 "On the renaming of the institutions of the Astrakhan and

Kaliningrad Kaliningrad,. known as Königsberg; ; . until 1946, is the largest city and administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, an Enclave and exclave, exclave of Russia between Lithuania and Poland ( west of the bulk of Russia), located on the Prego ...

, the fishing industry and the economy technical universities in the state, Astrakhan technical Institute of Fishing industry and economy renamed to Astrakhan State technical University.

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