INNOVATIVE UNIVERSITY: HISTORY OF FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT (TO THE 95-TH ANNIVERSARY OF VGUIT)

The article presents the history of one of the oldest universities in Russia: Voronezh Institute of Chemical Technology (nowadays VGUIT). It characterizes the events connected with the names of graduates and teachers of the university. The analysis of the problems of war and peace is built on the basis of determining the priority vectors of historical development of such a large Russian university as Voronezh State University of Engineering Technologies (during WWII - VKHTI). The data on scientific and technical programs that contributed to both military and technical support of victory over fascism during the war and peaceful development of the country are given.