Directors (rectors) of the higher technical education institutions in the end of the XIX – first half of the XX century – the pleiad of outstanding students and followers of professor V. Kirpichev

The organizational activities of the students and followers of the first director of the KhPTI and the KPI, Professor V. Kirpichev are highlighted in the article. The scientist's contribution to the training of the academic teaching staff and Managerial Human Resources for higher technical school is clarified. The principles by which he was guided in their selection have been indicated. The scale of the scientist's activity influencing on the general progress of technical education and science in the second half of the XIX – beginning of the XX century has been established.