The building of the Military Topographic Department of the General Staff Main Office is founded at the intersection of Malaya Posadskaya and Bolshaya Wulfova streets in Saint Petersburg.
On September 8, 2016, during the reconstruction of the oldest building, a memory plate of 1916 was found in one of the rooms on the first floor of the Round Tower; it was placed there during the construction of the building foundation. The plate stayed in the wall for hundred years.
The inscription on the plate reads:
"On July 8, in year 1916 A.D., during the reign of His Imperial Majesty the Sovereign Emperor Nicholas II, when the Military Minister was General of Infantry D. S. Shuvaev, the Head of the General Staff was General of Infantry M. A. Belyaev, and the Head of the Military Topographic Department was General of Infantry I. I. Pomerantsev, this building of the Military Topographic Department of the General Staff Main Office was founded, with participation of the Military Construction Committee: the Chair, General of Infantry I. I. Pomerantsev;
Members: Major General N.A. Medzvetskiy, Major General V. I. Podyapolskiy, Captain A. N. Ivanin, Collegial Assessor A. P. Vasilyev, Clerk, Colonel G. T. Ivanishchev, and Civil Construction Engineer N.I. Drozdov;
in presence of the State Control representative, Junior Inspector A.G. Smirnov”.
The memorial plate was placed in the museum of our enterprise; it became another symbol of glorious history of the Institute and respectful care for our traditions.
Pursuant to the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Council of People’s Commissars of 17 March, 1928, the naval department was created within the Elektropribor Plant. The plant is defined as the main developer of ship artillery fire control systems.
The scientific and technical library was opened at the plant; and its own educational units were created.
