Claim: The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on May 1, 1943, comprising eleven departments; then in 1959, by order of the Minister of Higher Education (a government ministry in the Soviet Union), Penza Industrial Institute was renamed the Penza Polytechnic Institute.
Evidence: The Penza Industrial Institute, as it was initially called, opened on November 1, 1943, comprising 11 departments.