03131nkd a22003973u 4500 21306202 k| ||| 191105m18901899ru nnn e | ||rus 20260507193855.9 2018688900 (WDL)24796 (MoF)mtfxph_na0018_06501 DLC eng DLC (N 378 947 Laying the Cornerstone of the Imperial Tomsk University, August 26, 1880. eng 880-01 Zakladka Imperatorskogo Tomskogo universiteta 26 avgusta 1880 goda. Tomsk, Russia : [publisher not identified], 1890-1899. 1 photograph. 880-02 "Imperatorskiĭ Tomskiĭ universitet. 1880 - 1892". List 47. This photograph is from Imperatorskii Tomskii universitet, 1880-1892 (The Imperial Tomsk University, 1880-1892), an album that documents the formative years of the Imperial Tomsk University (the predecessor of present-day Tomsk State University), the oldest institution of higher learning in Siberia. Tsar Alexander II signed a decree on the establishment of the university on May 28, 1878, and construction began a little over two years later. The first classes, in the medical faculty, began in 1888. The album contains 83 photographs with interior and exterior views of the university's buildings, including the main administrative building, lecture halls, dormitories and dining halls, the library, botanical museum, university church, as well as the greenhouse and the university farm. The album ends with two photographs showing the ceremony at which the cornerstone of the first university building was laid on August 26, 1880. The photographs are preceded by 12 pages of text providing detailed explanations of all the images, as well as several tables. One table contains a list of all the buildings, their dimensions, dates of construction, cost of construction, and other information. The album is preserved in the National Library of Russia and was digitized for the Meeting of Frontiers digital library project in the early 2000s. World Digital Library. Original image at: National Library of Russia Siberian Cities Tomsk 19th century Imperial Tomsk University 880-03 Uchebnye zavedenii︠a︡ 1892-1899 880-04 Educational facilities Universities and colleges Russian Federation Tomsk Oblast Tomsk Imperial Tomsk University, 1880-1892 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/mtfxph.na0018_06501 View online content for this title. 245-01/(N Закладка Императорского Томского университета 26 августа 1880 года. 500-02/(N "Императорский Томский университет. 1880 - 1892". Лист 47. 580-00/(N From the photo album "Императорский Томский университет. 1880 - 1892." 0 und undeter u ncip 20 y-undeterm wdl mtfront/nlr/impto Electronic Resource