Tomsk university students through the decades in archive photos
This archive image shows Tomsk university students during the 1950s.
Today, January 25, students across the country are celebrating their «professional» holiday. Tomsk has always been and remains a very student-oriented city, which is why NGS70.RU decided to examine archive photos from different times, capturing the young and carefree faces of students from local universities and colleges.
Students are pictured in the reading room of Tomsk State University in a photo taken between 1892 and 1912.
A late-1920s photo shows students and faculty from the engineering department of what is now Tomsk Polytechnic University.
Students from Tomsk Medical Institute pose after it became independent from Tomsk State University in 1930.
A monument to Lenin and Stalin once stood in Tomsk State University«s grove, with a duplicate in the medical institute»s park.
Tomsk State University students and a teacher pose outside, all wearing fur-collared coats characteristic of the era.
Another photo from the period shows young women all in fur coats, possibly due to fashion or scarcity.
Students enjoy a summer day by a since-removed fountain in the university grove.
Polytechnic university students gather outside a building on Lenin Avenue.
A summer scene shows students outside the main building of Tomsk Polytechnic University.
Female medical students are depicted in this archive image.
Biology students from Tomsk State University conduct summer fieldwork in geodesy.
Color photography captures polytechnic students with more diverse winter attire in this era.
In the 1970s, students from TUSUR assemble outside a dormitory ahead of a demonstration.
Students walk past the main building of TUSUR on Lenin Avenue in this archival shot.
