Tekhnikum

Tekhnikum

Tekhnikum

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A tekhnikum (Russian: техникум) is a type of vocational school in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union,[1] as well as in modern Russia, Ukraine and some other post-Soviet states.

A Technikum in Donetsk

The term was borrowed from 19th-century German education, where these kinds of school were called Technicum.[2] In modern Russia many tekhnikums were renamed into "technical college", "technological college", "technical liceum", etc.

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References

  1. [1]
    "Техникум", Great Soviet Encyclopedia
  2. [2]
     "Техникум" . Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (in Russian). 1906.
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