Nyora kupfuurira nokuda kweiyi ndima - Military Engineering-Technical University zvakananga akatora rutivi muHondo Yenyika II. Vadzidzi vakapedza kufunda veyunivhesiti vakarwa noushingi pamativi ose ehondo iyoyo. Ivo vakaratidza simba romudzimu uye unhu hwounyanzvi hwouinjiniya. The nhare uye vakawanda nhare zvivako yakatangwa kudzidza vadzidzi yunivhesiti, zvose izvozvo akaita basa rinokosha pakudzivirira (semuenzaniso Brest Fortress). Saka yakasarudzika Krasnaya Gorka nhare yakavakwa nevadzidzi vanopedza kudzidza veVITU pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi20 nekuiswa kwezvombo zve 12-inch mumakondomu casemates. Gadziriro yenhare yakaita rutivi runokosha muKukombwa kweLeningrad. Vadzidzi vanopedza kudzidza veVITU nemakurukota eKrasnaya Gorka fort vakaita kuti pakupedzisira vamise kurwisa kwevaFascist kare muna 1941. Munguva yekukombwa kweLeningrad, Boris Galerkin aive mukuru weboka revanyanzvi vebazi rezvekuchengetedza guta. Uyewo, akabatana nedare rezvemichina yechiuto reAcademy of Sciences. Kushanda zvakaoma nguva dzose kwaikanganisa utano hwake. Pasina nguva refu pashure pokukunda, muna 1914, Galerkin akafa. Leonid Kantorovich akanga ari purofesa weVITU yeNavy, uye ikoko akanga achitarisira kuchengeteka paMugwagwa weUpenyu; nokuda kwebasa rake noushingi akapiwa Mutemo weHondo yePatriotic. Vashandi vose vepayunivhesiti vakashongedzwa nomenduru "Nokuda Kwokudzivirira Leningrad". Muna 1944, yunivhesiti aiva mugamuchiri Order of Red Banner mubayiro, uye VITU kuti cadets muchirongwa enhoroondo Moscow Victory Parade of 1945
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