telegraph and telegraph devices. Education was free. After Pisarevsky passed away in 1895, Nikolai Kachalov became the head of the institute. In the days of his leadership, the university underwent changes. On June 4 (16), 1899, ETI was granted the status of a higher education institution with the introduction of a five-year training period. The university began specialist training in all fields of electrical studies. In August 1899, Emperor Nicholas II issued an order to rename the institute in memory of its "unforgettable founder", Alexander III as Electrotechnical Institute of Emperor Alexander III. Graduates have been awarded titles of electrical engineers since 1900. The second industrial revolution in the late XIX century increased the demand for electrical engineering. It was decided to construct a group of buildings for the Institute on Aptekarsky Island. Architect Alexander Vekshinsky designed the building in pseudo-gothic style. The Institute was granted classrooms, as well as laboratories, a library, and an assembly hall. ETI moved to the new location in 1903. Alexander Popov, the inventor of the radio, was appointed as professor of the Department of Physics in 1901. He then became the first elected director of the institute in September 1905. After the revolution Prof. Valentin Kovalenkov and Prof. Nikolai Scritsky introduced a new Telemechanics major. Later the Department of Automation and Telemechanics was founded as well. Valentin Vologdin founded a laboratory of high-frequency electrical engineering at LETI in 1935. The laboratory became a research institute of high-frequency currents in 1947. During the Second World War, many academic and administrative staff members, as well as students of the Institute went off to the front. When Leningrad was besieged, a group of scientists led by Prof. Sergei Rinkevich remained there. In April 1942, Rinkevich helped establish the Research Bureau affiliated to the People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry that carried out special tasks to ensure the defense of Leningrad. Prof. A. Alekseev organized welding works on Lake Ladoga. He repaired metal parts of berths and vessels utilized on the Road of Life. A monument dedicated to students and employees of LETI who died in the Great Patriotic War was erected on Instrumentalnaya Street on November 5, 1986. In 1992, the institute received the status of a Technical University. In 1998, the Ugra branch of ETU “LETI” (Yugorsk, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug) was opened. Today Bachelors, masters, and specialists receive training at 7 full-time faculties. ETU is preparing