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Source: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University –
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Alexander Nikolaevich Kobyshev, a well-known and respected figure at the Polytechnic University and an Honorary Worker of SPbPU, who dedicated almost his entire life to the university, has passed away.
Alexander Kobyshev entered the Leningrad Polytechnic Institute in 1966. He studied in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, specializing in "Machines and Technology of Metal Forming." As a student, and later, he was a Komsomol activist: already in his first year, he was elected as a Komsomol group organizer, a member of the course Komsomol bureau in his second year, and then a member of the faculty Komsomol bureau. As part of the Institute's Friendship Council, Alexander established international contacts with youth organizations from various countries.
In 1972, after receiving a degree in mechanical engineering, he worked as a junior research fellow in the Department of Machines and Technologies for Metal Forming and as an assistant in the Department of Machine Parts. He worked on hydrostatic deformation of metals—stamping using liquids—and in 1975 won the Lenin Komsomol Prize in Science and Technology for Young Scientists.
In 1976, he defended his PhD dissertation. He returned to the Department of Machines and Technologies for Metal Forming, first as a senior research fellow and then as an associate professor. In 1983, Alexander Nikolaevich was appointed Dean of International Students, and in the absence of the Vice-Rector for International Relations, he served as Acting Dean.
In 1989, Alexander Nikolaevich's professional career entered a new phase: the Progress Management and Marketing Center was established at the M. I. Kalinin Polytechnic Institute, and Alexander Nikolaevich was appointed its director. Two years later, the center was transferred from the Polytechnic's jurisdiction to the Council of Ministers, becoming a government organization. It offered training in management, marketing, economics, finance, and logistics, and its lecturers were primarily Polytechnic faculty.
For 20 years, Alexander Nikolaevich headed the Center for Metallurgical Mechanics and Control, and concurrently taught as a professor in the departments of Economics and Management of Metallurgical Production and Economics and Management of Technologies and Materials. In 2009, he returned to the Polytechnic University and became first the director of the Center for Management and Marketing at SPbSPU, then the head of the Corporate Public Relations Department, which he led until 2018. It was during this time that the Polytechnic University established Alumni Relations Center, which continues to operate successfully today. In 2016, the Center won a tender from the Ministry of Education and Science to host an international forum of graduates of Russian (Soviet) universities in the Republic of Belarus. The forum was held at the Russian-Belarusian University in Mogilev. Under the leadership of A. N. Kobyshev, the university's logo (registered with Rospatent) and emblem were developed, approved by the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian Federation.
In 2019, Alexander Nikolaevich served as Acting Director of the Higher School of Creative Industry and Design at the Institute of Metallurgical and Artistic Sciences. For the past several years, he has worked as a leading specialist at the SPbPU History Museum and written a book about the Polytechnic University. The first volume, "Polytechnic University. Beginnings. 1899–1917," was published in time for the university's 125th anniversary in 2024. Presentation of the fourth part of "Polytech. Fortitude. 1941–1945" The book was published in the year of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War. A total of seven books were planned…
For his multifaceted and fruitful work, Alexander Nikolaevich received a Certificate of Gratitude from the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg, a Certificate of Honor from the Committee on Science and Higher Education of St. Petersburg, a Certificate of Honor and Gratitude from SPbPU, a Letter of Thanks from the Administration of the Kalininsky District, and other awards.
The Polytechnic University sadly bids farewell to Alexander Nikolaevich Kobyshev. He accomplished much in his life and left behind a fond memory. Our sincere condolences to Alexander Nikolaevich's family and friends.
You can find out about the time and place of the farewell by calling: (812) 297-16-16.
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