Life and Professional Activities of a Graduate of the Department of Engineering of Riga Polytechnic Institute Mikhail Krivoshapkin (1888–1943) | Zendy

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Life and Professional Activities of a Graduate of the Department of Engineering of Riga Polytechnic Institute Mikhail Krivoshapkin (1888–1943)

Author(s) -

Tatjana Feigmane,

Liena Ivonna Šervinska

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

history of engineering sciences and institutions of higher education

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2592-8651

pISSN - 2592-8643

DOI - 10.7250/hesihe.2019.006

Subject(s) - deportation , engineering , bridge (graph theory) , political science , sociology , library science , law , immigration , medicine , computer science

Rigan, a graduate of the Department of Engineering (1914) of Riga Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Mikhail Krivoshapkin, after studies worked as an engineer in Russia, where he built grain elevators. From 1920 until deportation to Siberia in 1941 he lived in Riga and was the author of several bridge projects in Latvia, worked as an engineer at Riga Construction Board and was a member of the Riga City Council (1925–1934). He worked in various public organizations. His descendants – grandchildren and great-grandchildren also pursue careers in engineering.

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