you and i are in the library in the books of garin mikhailovsky, and this writer is a certified traveler mikhailovsky, a railway engineer is, at the same time, a walking encyclopedia, a foreman, a shield operator, an accountant, a geologist, a demolition worker, a hunter, and, well, a designer. made the main character of his novel “the mysterious island” a railway specialist who can build a completely successful civilization on an uninhabited island. currently , more than 30,000 students are studying at the university of transport, 5.00 specialists graduate annually; in total , 350 thousand engineers have been trained here throughout history. on foot. the first higher courses for women opened in st. petersburg in 1870. before this, russian women could only obtain higher education abroad. in moscow, women's courses opened a little later in 1872. the girls trained in different parts of moscow only at the beginning. centuries , the courses received their own home, several buildings were built on deviche pole, we are in front of the most spectacular classroom, completed in 1912 by the archit