Atekhnikum(Russian:техникум) is a type ofvocational schoolin theRussian Empire,theSoviet Union,[1]as well as in modernRussia,Ukraineand some otherpost-Soviet states.
The term was borrowed from 19th-century German education, where these kinds of school were calledTechnicum.[2]In modern Russia many tekhnikums were renamed into "technical college", "technological college", "technicalliceum",etc.
See also
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edit- ^"Техникум",Great Soviet Encyclopedia
- ^.Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary(in Russian). 1906.
