History of Science and Engineering Annotation << Back Between reforms and Soviet modernization: technical education in North Caucasus in 1917–1940 E.N. Strekalova The article presents itself one of the first attempts of complex observance the process of rising and development of higher and secondary technical education in North Caucasus for two post-revolutionary decades in XX century. The voluminous archive material taken from ten central and North Caucasus archives presents for the first time results of technical school reformation and laying higher technical education in the region for period 1917–1940 year. There have been revealed peculiarities of technical education in the region for this period. Key words. North Caucasus; professional technical education; Soviet modernization.