The Soviet term for Higher Technical-Artistic Studios, established first in Moscow in 1920 and then in both Petrograd and Vetebsk the following year. Independent of one another, they nonetheless became important for teaching and theoretical discussions, especially of Constructivism. Among the artists on the faculties were
Kazimir Malevich
,
Wassily Kandinsky
, Alexandr Rodchenko,and Vladimir Tatun. A sort of visiting lecturer,
Naum Gabo
remembered seven departments:...
