Abstract
The article gives an overview of the origin of the family, the childhood, the acquisition of secondary education and the start of education at the higher school of the outstanding Ukrainian railway scientist, the founder of the scientific school "Organization of Railway Transportation" Volodymyr Sokovich. The biography of his father, Olexandr Sokovich (1840-1886), a well-known Ukrainian teacher, teacher of mathematics, physics and geography, author of a number of textbooks and teaching aids on these subjects, the head of several real colleges and the Belotserkovsky Gymnasium is highlighted. Particular mention is made of membership of O. Sokovich in the South-Western Division of the Russian Geographical Society, which became the center of the scientific and socio-cultural life of Kiyv and Ukraine of its time. It was also determined that his elder brother Evgen Sokovich (1864 - 1946) played a decisive role in the choice of the future scientist for the railway worker. which later, in the period of existence of the Ukrainian People's Republic, became Minister of Railways of its government. A number of facts of his activity are highlighted in this post. The period of training of Volodymyr Sokovich in the Second Kyiv Gymnasium is analyzed, the natural inclination of the schoolboy to exact sciences is noted - especially to mathematics. In connection with which, he began to receive higher education at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of Kyiv University of St. Volodymyr, and only then entered the St. Petersburg Institute of Railway Engineers. Summarizing the work, we can state that the article identifies the reasons that gave the impetus for the formation of an outstanding scientific personality of the Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Volodymyr Sokovich.
Highlights
Проаналізовано період навчання Володимира Соковича у Другій київській гімназії, наголошено на природній схильності гімназиста до точних наук – особливо до математики
Отже майже зразу ж після вступу у цей навчальний заклад, для матеріальної підтримки себе і родини, учень Сокович займається репетиторством для дітей заможних киян, при чому, навчає математики і фізики, і це свідчить про його здібності саме до точних наук, напевне далися взнаки сімейні уроки батька
The article gives an overview of the origin of the family, the childhood, the acquisition of secondary education and the start of education at the higher school of the outstanding Ukrainian railway scientist, the founder of the scientific school "Organization of Railway Transportation" Volodymyr Sokovich
Summary
Проаналізовано період навчання Володимира Соковича у Другій київській гімназії, наголошено на природній схильності гімназиста до точних наук – особливо до математики. Показовий та характерний факт з життя Олександра Соковича – 6 березня 1873 року він був прийнятий у дійсні члени щойно заснованого Південно‐Західного відділу Російського географічного товариства (далі – ПЗВ РГТ) [5, с.9].
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