Education
Viktor Kyrpychov graduated from the Polotsk military school (1862) and Street.Michael artillery school in Saint St. Petersburg (1863).
Viktor Kyrpychov graduated from the Polotsk military school (1862) and Street.Michael artillery school in Saint St. Petersburg (1863).
In 1863-1870 he was in the faculty of Kronstadt military academy where he taught material science and mechanics. In 1873 he was a postdoc student of Gustav Kirchhoff in Germany. After that, until his move to Ukraine in 1885, he was a professor at Saint St. Petersburg Technological Institute.
In 1882, he was responsible for investigation of the Borki train disaster.
Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute (a rector in 1885-1898)
Kiev Polytechnic Institute (a rector in 1898-1902)
Founding these universities was a part of wide program of technical education in the Russian Empire set up by Dmitriy Mendeleev. In 1893, Kyrpychov was invited to United States of America, where he was an expert at the Chicago world"s fair and visited numerous engineering facilities.
During his last years, Professor Kyrpychov returned to Saint St. Petersburg, where he taught applied mechanics in Saint St. Petersburg Technological Institute. He remained a Honored Professor of Kiev Polytechnic Institute until the end of his life.
Professor Kyrpychov was a prominent provider of this program serving as a member of both a Working Committee for elaborating the project of common plan for professional education in the Russian Empire (1884), and the Committee for higher education (1897).