[1][2] Viktor Sheludko (Шелудько Виктор Николаевич), the rector of the Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University has signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[5][6] Count Dmitry Tolstoy, Minister of Interior, submitted a draft of Provisional Regulations to the State Council and the staff of the Technical College.

In 1886, Emperor Alexander III approved of the Provisional Regulations on the Technical College with a three-year term of study.

[citation needed] On June 11 (23), 1891, Emperor Alexander III signed a decree and renamed Technical College as Electrotechnical Institute (ETI) with a four-year term of study.

On June 4 (16), 1899, ETI was granted the status of a higher education institution with the introduction of a five-year training period.

[citation needed] During the Second World War, many academic and administrative staff members, as well as students of the Institute went to the front.

In April 1942, Rinkevich helped establish the Research Bureau affiliated to the People's Commissariat of the Shipbuilding Industry that carried out special tasks to ensure the defense of Leningrad.

A monument dedicated to students and employees of LETI who died in the Great Patriotic War was erected on Instrumentalnaya Street on November 5, 1986.

ETU "LETI" takes the 1st place among technical universities of St. Petersburg on monitoring the employment of graduates.