Tomsk Polytechnic University
Antonina Nikolaevna Pirozhkova was born on 1 July 1909 in the village of Krasny Yar, Tomsk Governorate, Siberia. Her father died when she was fourteen, and she helped support her family by tutoring children at mathematics. In 1926, she joined Tomsk Polytechnic University to study construction and engineering, graduating four years later.