LITTLE-KNOWN PAGES OF IVAN MYKHAYLOVYCH TRUBA’S LIFE AND ACTIVITY (1878−1950 to the 140th anniversary of the birth and to the 91st anniversary of the founding of the SHEI “Pryniprovska State Academy of Civil Engineering and Architecture”)
Authors: MATROSOV Ya.M. 
Published: December 2021

Formulation of the problem. The hitherto little-known parts of the way of life, teaching andarchitectural and construction activities in the CPC (Ekaterinoslav Technical Courses) are covered. Korobochkin(famous Ukrainian public figure I.M.Truba) (1878−1950); the history of creation of these COURSES, their purpose,personnel of courses, the program of training, its change during the first two years with aspiration to approach toprograms of similar higher Western European countries, surnames of teachers on subjects is added. Brief service andcreative characteristics of teachers for the entire period of the COURSES. By the way, a unique photo of the newbuilding of V.K. Korobochkin's Ekaterinoslav Technical Courses was added to the article, preserved in the author'sarchive, but it was built under the direction of I.M. Truba, according to his project and estimate. Its facade is described.The significance of V.K. Korobochkin’s Ekaterinoslav Technical Courses for the whole of the Dnieper, as the embryoof all technical universities, and later the National University, is given, the advantage of the Courses in this sense isproved. This is documented. In exile, I. M. Truba continues educational and pedagogical activities for the benefit of theMotherland − translates into Ukrainian, highly moral, in the educational sense, fairy tales by European authors,publishes them and sends them to Ukrainian schools. Corresponds with his children to Dnіpropetrovsk, givesinstructions. As an example of his drawing skills, he cites drawings, in 3D-style pencil, of the corners of his homes inexile. Mention is made of his entrance examinations at the Higher School in St. Petersburg, including the Academy ofArts. He also works at Florinsdorfen Lokomotivfabrik and at the architectural and construction company Hestia. Since1924, when he was invited to Czechoslovakia, he has been working as a lecturer at the Ukrainian Academy ofEconomics at the Faculty of Agriculture in Podebrady , reads courses on machine parts, and Resistance materialsaccording to his own textbook, which he compiled in Ukrainian and published at the Academy. On the recommendationof an engineer, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Rector of the Higher Technical University in Prague, Professor ZdenekBazant [20], in 1929 Ivan Mikhailovich Truba was hired as a design engineer and general consultant in the bridge andiron production department of the Skoda Plant. In the city Pilsen. Documents testify to his highly skilled engineeringand creative activity. The list of types of constructive projects executed by I.M. Truba at the enterprise and implementedis given. The chronology in the field of creativity, the era of the Central Council and emigration has been clarified, hisscientific publications and pedagogical and creative activity as a scientist have been added The purpose of the article isto supplement the monograph on the life and work of I.M. Truba and its surroundings. Conclusions. It is known thatduring the Bolshevik rule, in his homeland, Ivan Mikhailovich was considered an enemy of the people (which was notspecified) "as a Ukrainian bourgeois nationalist". Therefore, all his activities were subjected to political anathema.Researched and analyzed archival materials, on the basis of which the conclusion is given − the significance ofI.M. Truba is covered as a person, a citizen − a patriot, namely: the UKRAINIAN PEOPLE. Ivan Mikhailovich'sactivity during his lifetime was distinguished by its versatility, namely: pedagogy, education, political, cultural andsocial activities, national patriotism, writing, architectural construction and scientific creativity.