Episode 1028
Imperial Commercial College
Wed, 2020-Feb-26 00:27 UTC
Length - 1:46
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Welcome to random Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a random Wikipedia page every day.
The random article for Wednesday, 26 February 2020 is Imperial Commercial College.
Imperial Commercial College is an educational institution founded in 1772 as part of the Moscow Foundling Home for teaching merchants' children. In 1779 it was named after its founder Prokofi Demidov. In 1800 it was separated from the Home and moved to St. Petersburg. In 1904 it received Imperial status and officially ceased its existence in 1918 but de facto it continued working. In 1931, it served as the foundation for Leningrad Training Mechanics and Technology Refrigeration Plant, which later became the St. Petersburg State University of Refrigeration and Food Processing Technologies.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:27 UTC on Wednesday, 26 February 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Imperial Commercial College on Wikipedia.
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