The monument to The Kyiv Polytechnicians – the First Conquerors of the Sky is dedicated to the students, teachers, and graduates of Kyiv Polytechnic who stood at the origins of Ukrainian and world aviation. It was at KPI at the beginning of the 20th century that a powerful school of aircraft engineering was formed. Its alumni, including Igor Sikorsky, Dmytro Hryhorovych, Fedir Anders, Kostiantyn Kalinin, and other pioneers of aviation, laid the foundations for the development of aircraft manufacturing and aviation science.
The bronze sculpture, depicting a young aviator holding a model airplane in his hands, was solemnly unveiled on August 22, 2023. The monument is installed in the Pioneers of Aviation Square, directly on the territory of the National Technical University of Ukraine «Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute».
The author of the monument is the Ukrainian sculptor Anatoliy Valiyev. The implementation of the project was supported by Ajax Systems. The monument has become a symbol of the innovative spirit of Kyiv Polytechnic and a tribute to the generation of engineers who were the first to open the way to the sky for humanity.
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