The Mirny Polytechnic Institute (located in Mirny,

Yakutsk Yakutsk ( ) is the capital and largest city of Sakha, Russia, located about south of the Arctic Circle. Fueled by the mining industry, Yakutsk has become one of Russia's most rapidly growing regional cities, with a population of 355,443 at the ...

) is a branch of the North-Eastern Federal University. It was founded on 2 March

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

. Its foundation and the dynamic development took place due to the decision of Mikhail Nikolayev, the first President of the

Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) Sakha may refer to: * Sakha Republic, a federal subject of Russia * Sakha language, or Yakut, a Turkic language * Sakha people, also Yakuts, a Turkic people * Sakha scripts, writing systems for the Sakha language * Sakha, Egypt, a town also known ...

. Mirny Polytechnic Institute is headed by one of its co-founders, Professor

Albina A. Goldman Albina Abramovna Goldman (, Suntarsky District, 4 September 1944) is the director of the Mirny Polytechnic Institute of the North-Eastern Federal University. She is a Russian philologist with a post-graduate degree in Philology. Awards She is an ...

. Today the Institute is the education, cultural and scientific center of Western Yakutia. Courses are given in: English and literature, fundamental and applied mathematics, power supply of mining industry, electro-mechanics, petroleum engineering, and other studies. In 2017 the Institute opened a new classroom and laboratory building.

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External links

Official website of the Mirny Polytechnic Institute (in Russian)
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