# Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute
**Wikidata**: [Q4196520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4196520)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivanovo-Voznesensk_Polytechnic_Institute)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/ivanovo-voznesensky-polytechnic-institute

## Summary
Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute was a Russian polytechnic university founded in 1918 in the city of Ivanovo (then in the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union). The institute was formally dissolved in 1930.  

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 1918.  
- Dissolved/abolished: 1930.  
- Instance of: university (polytechnic institute).  
- Located in: Ivanovo.  
- Country (at time of existence): Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union.  
- Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivanovo_ISUCT.jpg (caption/qualifier: "Здание химического факультета ИВПИ (главный корпус ИГХТУ), современный вид").  
- Wikipedia title: Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute; available languages: English and Russian.  
- sitelink_count: 2.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/120zv9bp.

## FAQs
### Q: What was Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute?
A: It was a polytechnic university-level institution established in Ivanovo in 1918, classified as a university. It operated during the early Soviet period.

### Q: Is the institute still operating today?
A: No. The institute was dissolved in 1930.

### Q: Is there any visual or physical remnant of the institute?
A: Yes. An image linked to the institute shows the building identified as the chemical faculty of IVPI and described as the modern main building of IGKhTU.

## Why It Matters
Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute matters as a documented example of higher technical education established in the immediate aftermath of the 1917 Russian Revolution. Founded in 1918 and dissolved in 1930, its lifespan corresponds to the formative years of Soviet educational reorganization and industrialization. As a polytechnic university located in Ivanovo, the institute represents the period’s efforts to create and systematize specialized technical training within regional centers of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic. The linked photographic record, which identifies the institute’s chemical faculty building and ties it to a later institutional use (the modern main building of IGKhTU), provides a tangible architectural and institutional lineage for researchers studying the continuity and transformations of technical education infrastructure in the region. For historians of education, regional studies scholars, and archivists, the institute is a concise case study of early Soviet university formation, short-lived institutional histories, and the repurposing of educational facilities over time.

## Notable For
- Being founded in 1918 during the early Soviet period as a polytechnic university in Ivanovo.  
- Having a documented dissolution in 1930, marking a clearly bounded institutional lifespan.  
- A surviving photographic/architectural record linking the institute’s chemical faculty building to the modern main building of IGKhTU (as indicated in the image qualifier).  
- Listing in public reference systems (Wikipedia entries in English and Russian, Google Knowledge Graph ID /g/120zv9bp).

## Body
### Overview
- Name: Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute.  
- Type: Polytechnic / university-level institution (instance_of: university).  
- Primary location: Ivanovo.

### Dates and status
- Inception (founding year): 1918.  
- Dissolved, abolished, or demolished date: 1930.  
- Operational span (based on available dates): 1918–1930.

### Geographic and political context
- Located in the city of Ivanovo.  
- Country context during existence: Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union.

### Visual and physical legacy
- Image URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ivanovo_ISUCT.jpg.  
- Image qualifier/caption (source-provided): "Здание химического факультета ИВПИ (главный корпус ИГХТУ), современный вид" — indicating the building shown was associated with the institute’s chemical faculty and is identified as the modern main building of IGKhTU in the caption.

### References and identifiers
- Wikipedia title: Ivanovo-Voznesensky Polytechnic Institute.  
- Wikipedia languages available: English (en), Russian (ru).  
- sitelink_count: 2.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/120zv9bp.