Gotman Andrey Danilovich( first Russian director of the Institute of Railway Engineers)
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Biography Gotman Andrey Danilovich
Occurred from an English family. Young man of twenty enrolled in 1810, Mr.. in the newly opened Institute of Communications. During World War II, when was the need for officers from among the inmates of the institute were sent to the army of 12 people lieutenant. Four is the most excellent students of the institute were not sent to the army. Among them was Gotman, who was left in St. Petersburg in the production of works Kamennoostrovsky bridge, which opened to traffic on Aug. 30, 1813, Mr.. In the same year Gotman was appointed Institute Professor in the drawing and architecture. When in 1816, Mr.. Highest was approved in St. Petersburg Committee for dispensation of hydraulic works, Gotman was appointed a member of this committee. At the same time he was assigned to work on Obvodny Canal in St. Petersburg and on the device of the Admiralty. He was in charge from 1819 to 1823, Mr.. construction of houses, which is now visited by Institute of Engineers of Railway. According to his projects conducted at the Stone Island channel for drainage areas, and Yelagin Island fenced shaft to protect against floods. In 1826, Mr.. Gotman was appointed manager of I (now St. Petersburg) District Railway, which included Priladozhsky channels Vyshnevolotskaya system, from the Volga to Rybinsk Tver, Moscow and other highway. He then served in Odessa, where he managed the construction work at the ports of Azov and Black Seas and in the basin of the Don. In 1834, Mr.. Gotman was again transferred to St. Petersburg, and on Oct. 9, 1836, Mr.. appointed director of the Institute (after Pottier). In this position he remained until October 15, 1843, when, for the introduction of more stringent orders, the Director of the Institute was appointed Major-General Engelhardt. As director of the institute, Gotman did not stop the construction activities. He participated in the construction of many monumental buildings of St. Petersburg (St. Isaac's Cathedral, the resumption of the burnt of the Winter Palace, Anichkov Bridge, Nicholas Bridge, St. Petersburg arsenal, the buildings of the Ministry of Finance, etc.). He died in Dresden in 1865, with the rank of engineer-general.
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