institute's director at that time was appointed directly by the imperial government after nomination by the Ministry of Finance.

Development under the Tsarist rule

Between its establishment and 1913 the number of students in the institute grew from 360 to 2,313. The full course of studies lasted 4 years. In reality graduation usually took a longer time, and the median age of the university's alumni was 27-28 years. The social origin of KPI's students were much more diverse than in other higher schools of that time: between 1897

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