Prokofieva T. N

Date of birth: 2.12.1956

By education he is a mathematician. Theorist and practitioner, conducts consultations and a socionic school, holds socionic conferences twice a year. Author of the concept of "geometry of relations", a comparative analysis of socionics with Erikson's theory, research on the signs of Reinin, etc.

Full biography of T.N. Prokofieva on her own website.

Socionic type: Seeker (Don Quixote)

Books

Prokofieva T.N. Socionics. Algebra and geometry of human relationships. - M .: "Gnome-Press", 1999, 108 p.

Note. The authors of the site: this book contains an inaccuracy: the description of the attribute "rationality - irrationality" largely coincides with the description of a completely different attribute "statics - dynamics" ("inductance - deductivity") in the works of A. Augustinavichute.

Articles

(Interview to the magazine "Our baby") I. Sukhovey. Why don't I look like my dad? //Our baby, N 7, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. Is he familiar to you? - Yes and no. AS Pushkin in the mirror of socionics. // Personnel Service, N 1, 2000.
Prokofieva T.N. Methodology for diagnosing types of informational metabolism. // Socionics. Collection of reports of the V Moscow scientific conference, 2001.
Prokofieva T.N. Do our women need equality? (1999).
Prokofieva T.N. About aspects and functions in socionics. // Socionics. Collection of reports of the IV Moscow scientific conference, 2001.
Prokofieva T.N. Go there-I don't know-where, bring something-I don't know-what... Or to a philosophical understanding of the meaning of rings and blocks of model A - May 2006.
Prokofieva T.N. Psychological types and abilities for the profession .// Entrant, No. 11, 2003.
Prokofieva T.N. Equality? Naturally. The problem of feminism in the mirror of socionics. (1999) // Psychology and Socionics of Interpersonal Relations, N2, 2003.
Prokofieva T.N. The Development of Jung's Ideas in Western Europe and the USA - Typology . // From the book of T. N. Prokofieva. Socionics. Algebra and geometry of human relationships.
Prokofieva T.N. Personality development and socionic functions. (From the upcoming book: "Algebra and Geometry of Human Relations"), 2004 // "Journal of the Scientific Socionic Society", 2006, No. 1, p. eleven.
Prokofieva T.N. Personality development according to the theory of E. Erickson and according to the model A. - 1999 // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, N 1, 2002.
Prokofieva T.N. Semantics of aspects. // Socionics. Collection of reports of the VII Moscow scientific conference, 2002.
Prokofieva T.N. Socionic diagnostics of personality development stages. // Socionics. Collection of reports of the VI Moscow scientific conference, 2002.
Prokofieva TN Improving the psychological climate of the family by socionic methods. // Sociology and psychology. Collection of the best final works. State. Academy of Professional Retraining and Advanced Training for Investment Sphere Managers, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. What is socionics. // Here and now, N 1, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. School of Socionics in Moscow. // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, 2003, No. 5.
Prokofieva T.N., Knyazev A.E. Management consulting and socionic analysis of teams (December 2005).
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M. Introduction, history of socionics // September 1, 2001, No. 21
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M. Divide into sixteen. // September 1, 2001, No. 22
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M. Socionic dichotomies №1. // September 1, 2001, No. 25
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M. Socionic dichotomies №2. // September 1, 2001, No. 26
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M. Among professions and among people. // September 1, 2001, No. 27
Prokofieva T.N., Kuzmina M.

Tatyana Nikolaevna Prokofieva,
PhD in Socionics,
General Director of the Research Institute of Socionics

APPLICANT, №11, 2003

Each of us has met in life people who have achieved considerable success in some way, and they succeeded without visible effort, as if effortlessly. This does not mean that they did not work hard. They applied and apply. And not a few. But this work gives such pleasure that people often cannot believe that it is this area of activity that should be associated with the profession. “For such a pleasant occupation, also get money?” they say.

And there are others who work honestly, work from dawn to dusk. It seems to be a decent job, and they earn a living, but their eyes are dull; they don't like their job. What is the reason? These people are just out of place.

It is very important from the very beginning, to find a life path and a thing to your liking. It is best to choose a profession that suits the psychological type of personality. In this article we will try to talk about the features of psychological types and show which professions correspond to them.

Features of psychological types

The science that studies the psychological types of personality from the point of view of the information exchange of a person with the world is called socionics. Socionics is based on the theory of psychological types by K.G. Jung and is of great importance for application in determining the professional inclinations of people. In the US, when applying for a job, people indicate their psychological type in the resume. This accepted practice facilitates the work of the personnel departments, allowing them to understand what kind of work a given person is most inclined to. This helps the people themselves to determine for themselves the best sphere for the application of forces.

Socionics highlights the following features in each person: extraversion - introversion; rationality - irrationality; logic - ethics; intuition - sensory. What is behind these names? Let's briefly describe each feature.

1. Extroverts and introverts

The attention of extroverts is directed mainly to the outside world. They perceive it as the sum of objects: people, objects, deeds. They have a wide range of interests. Expansion of interest is much easier than deepening. It is more natural for an extrovert to notice new objects than to peer into the relationship between them. Extroverts are not inclined to educate and remake people: people are perceived as they are. In an unfavorable situation of communication, an extrovert is unlikely to influence a person; rather, he will change his own attitude towards him or with him.

Introverts pay attention mainly to their inner world and to relationships between people. Written speech is easier for them than oral. Many introverts keep diaries of their own thoughts and feelings.

Extroverts and introverts have a number of external differences. For example, extroverts are characterized by wide gestures, introverts usually do not gesticulate or gesticulate little. The faces of extroverts are more mobile, they often reflect emotions. Introverts, on the contrary, have inactive faces. From the first impression they are usually characterized as modest. But this is not inner modesty, but simply its own way of expressing activity.

2. Rationals and irrationals

Rationals, guided by reason and tradition, strive to live with the decision made, to have a solid skill and judgment on the main life issues. If circumstances change, they need some time to get used to and adjust. These types are also called "judging" or "reasoning". The rational immediately reacts with emotion to emotion, act to act, so representatives of this type seem strict, resolute. Their emotions are indeed sometimes too harsh and cold. Characteristic sayings, phrases: “A drop wears away a stone”, “Better a terrible end than horror without end”, “Well, let's sum it up”.

Irrationals are focused on direct perception, they strive to build their own view of the world, to see new opportunities. Sometimes they are in no hurry to make decisions, they observe the events for a long time, collect information. Unlike rationals, irrationals react faster to a changing situation. They are also called "receivers". Their behavior and emotions are difficult to predict and predict in advance. Their maximum creative upsurge occurs when it is necessary to find a way out of moral or financial difficulties. Their driving force is impression. They are more likely to trust their inner feelings. Characteristic phrases, sayings: "Strike while the iron is hot", "We'll see."

Rationals and irrationals distribute the time allotted for exam preparation in different ways. It is natural for the rational to distribute the material by day and methodically teaches topic after topic. The irrational will learn everything in the last day or two, and still "the night will not be enough."

You can distinguish rational from irrational by posture and movements. Rationals often have a straight back, a “military bearing”. There is a lack of flexibility in their movements. They are dry. If they are stooped, then their stoop is “angular”. Irrationals are distinguished by softness and roundness of lines. Their movements are less constrained, but their emotions are more impulsive. Rationals speak rhythmically, as if laying them out on the shelves, they express thoughts sequentially. Irrationals speak fluently, fluently, can change rhythm and often jump from one thought to another.

3. Logic and ethics

The function of logic compares the content of a judgment with objective laws, true statements. From here follow the characteristic expressions of representatives of the logical type: “Let's clarify”, “Effective proof”, “We will analyze the details”, “We will consider the decision”, “It is necessary (unnecessary) for the case”, “Deserves (does not deserve) trust”, etc.

Ethics compares the content of the judgment with the moral norms and values accepted in society. Representatives of this type also have favorite expressions: “existing custom”, “spectacular detail”, “beautiful form”, “I like (dislike)”, “humanely”, “spiritual company”, etc. In addition, in conversation they often use colorful adjectives and epithets: wonderful, amazing, cute, creepy, disgusting.

If a person's ethics is a strong function, then, accordingly, logic is a weak one. Although this does not mean at all that he does not have it at all, it is simply less pronounced in him. In our practice, there were many examples when people with a weak function of logic became high-class programmers, accountants and businessmen. But in all cases, these people relied on the familiar, the known in advance. They discovered neither new rules nor new methods in their profession. It has also been observed that boolean type promises can be trusted more than ethical type promises. The logician tries to keep this word, and if he cannot, he warns in advance so as not to "deceive a person." Ethics is not so important not to deceive, how much not to spoil relations. He often promises what others expect of him as "from a good person". At the same time, the ethicist does not feel like a liar, but rather a cautious diplomat.

In the process of communication, logicians show some “emotional closeness”, which is clearly visible even in photographs. Their clothes, hairstyles, manners are rather correct and simple than skillful. Ethics show interest in communication, while using emotional adjustment to a partner. Ethics value the impression their appearance makes.

4. Intuitions and sensors

Intuition sorts information in time, considers the development of processes from the past to the future, and gives a prediction of events that have not yet happened. Sensory sorts information in space, this is information about well-being, reliability, strength and endurance.

Sensory type people live by sensations: they are able to perceive nature, art, enjoy everything they see, hear, and feel. They very accurately feel their physical “I” and its needs, have a clearly expressed rhythm of life. The sensory type lives like one day. Everything that will happen tomorrow is a little unexpected for him.

Due to undeveloped abstract thinking, he does not have a sense of foresight and relies only on his own strength and will. Life position: "Here and now."

Feelings of intuitive types lack brightness, they are often scattered. Even their physical "I" is perceived by them vaguely. Confidence in their materiality is enough for them only as long as they look in the mirror. Life position: "Wait and see."

Intuitives have been trying to understand themselves all their lives, and sensorics are less concerned with self-digging issues.

By the way, about mathematical abilities. Which types of representatives are better at tasks? Usually, pronounced abilities in physics and mathematics are spoken of as logical. This is true. However, we noticed another, more subtle division. For example, sensorics are more interested in physics, where it is necessary to represent the world around us in its entirety and diversity. Since sensorics are better oriented in space, they are often fascinated by geometry. Intuitives are more often fond of mathematics than physics. Due to the flexibility of thinking, they especially prefer algebra and trigonometry.

How to choose a profession

Knowing your psychological type allows you to successfully choose a business to your liking, to avoid unnecessary difficulties. Consider in what areas of activity representatives of various psychological types can be the most successful.

In the production and management sphere(such professions as an administrator, manager, accountant, economist, worker, technician, foreman, business executive) people with strong functions of logic and sensory can become undoubted leaders. These types are characterized by perseverance, scrupulousness, accuracy of execution. Other psychological types do not have such an analytical and impartial mind, the ability to organize work and successfully complete the case. In their work, they rely on facts and try to be impartial in their assessments. They can be entrusted with all kinds of work related to the preparation of schedules, all kinds of logical schemes. They are able to solve very complex technical issues.

In the social sphere(caregivers, teachers, psychotherapists, doctors, cooks, massage therapists, tourism managers, social workers) people with strong ethical and sensory functions will find themselves. Representatives of these types are able to communicate with people, establish relationships, they are humanistic, emotional by nature. At the same time, they are consistent, relying on what is tested and reliable. Representatives of these types will be able to improve relations in the team, sometimes acting as unspoken psychologists. They are able to empathize, convince and feel the hidden needs of people.

Communication sphere(journalists, psychologists, PR managers, advertising managers, artists, religious or ideological figures, secretaries) will adorn representatives of those types who have strong ethics and intuition functions. Sociability and the ability to understand human relationships are combined with the search for novelty. Representatives of these types can be entrusted with promotional activities and diplomatic functions. They will be happy to take responsibility for solving issues of recreation and festive events, establish the necessary contacts with the right people, and enthusiastically talk about new theories, interesting exhibitions, books, as well as products and services.

In the research field(all types of scientific work, as well as marketing, consulting, dispatching service) people with strong functions of intuition and logic will achieve undoubted success. Intuition helps them to search for new resources and opportunities. They are able to predict and predict the development of the market, change the direction of activity, analyze not only complex scientific theories, but also the motives of people's behavior.

What kind of work do we want to do?

Is there a job that no one forces? And in order to carry it out not only on the orders of the boss, but also because it is interesting to yourself? Knowing the peculiarities of the perception of different psychological types, we can also talk about some regularities here.

Introverted people with a predominance of sensory function, focused on improving well-being and quality of life. This means that the incentive for activity for representatives of these types can be the creation of comfortable conditions and good earnings. For such people, it is very important that work brings a reliable piece of bread, makes it possible to feed their families.

Extroverted people with a predominance of sensory functions prefer promotion. As opposed to comfort, they value prestige. Such an employee should be encouraged by various distinctions for good work, to emphasize his high status. Such a person can be a leader, an organizer.

Representatives of introverted types with a predominance of the function of intuition above all put personal interest in work or study. The best results can be achieved if you encourage such a person with work that is interesting for him. Rest assured, he will tell you many interesting details about her that you did not know.

Unlike introverts, extraverted types with a predominance of intuition tuned for uniqueness. Their interest in activities grows in proportion to the sense of exclusivity of the work they are doing: “No one has done this before!”, Or their own exclusivity: “No one else can do it like me!”. “To do something unusual, to be different from others” is the main motto of their activity. Representatives of these types are filled with all sorts of ideas. They can give sound advice about innovations. The best incentive for activity for them is praise for a non-standard decision made.

Definition of psychological types

In order to correctly determine your personality type, you need to seek advice from a socionic psychologist or undergo special diagnostic training. It must be emphasized that opposite qualities are often combined in human behavior. In one situation, a person can behave, for example, as an extrovert and irrational, and in another as an introvert and rational. Therefore, by the actions of a person, his psychological type can be very difficult to determine. The professional approach to the diagnosis of the psychological type used at the Research Institute of Socionics includes multiple checks of the diagnosis based on the use of various, mutually complementary approaches. The psychologist-consultant will give you the rationale for the diagnosis and answer all questions related to it.

The method of observation is at the heart of the diagnosis of psychological types in trainings. Participants are offered various game situations for different activities. The session includes tasks in which you need to show logical thinking, emotionality, sociability, business skills, leadership skills, flexibility, aesthetic flair or imagination. In addition, tasks are included on the ease of switching from one type of activity to another, on the ability to concentrate and keep attention on one process, on attention to other people, as well as on the level of interest in one's own inner world and the inner world of other people.

As the training tasks progress, a group of experts observes and determines the distinguishing features of personality types. Along with game tasks, participants are offered psychological tests and a diagnostic interview is conducted to clarify the type of personality.

After processing the collected information, a psychological portrait of a person is formed, according to which it is possible to draw a conclusion about the most favorable areas of activity for each person.

The usual duration of trainings at the Career Guidance Center of the Research Institute of Socionics is two academic hours. It includes role-playing and business games, communication training, public speaking, intellectual testing, creative tasks. After that, participants and parents of teenagers receive a description of the psychological type, trainers talk in detail about psychological characteristics, ways of the most successful implementation in the profession, the preferred way of communicating with this teenager. They can also suggest how

set clear goals, make decisions and plan steps to achieve, in particular, the choice of a future educational institution,
build on your strengths, skillfully emphasize them in interviews and exams,
motivate yourself to study and work.

9th century - the "golden age" of world engineering. We draw our heritage from what was born at this time. By the end of the 19th century, metal structures of bridges, towers, ceilings became a symbol of the coming era - the era of progress. Railways, bridges, locomotives at that time caused the same surprise and admiration as later - spaceships, interplanetary stations or nuclear fusion. From the point of view of the history of civilization, the step from a steam locomotive to a spaceship turned out to be tiny compared to the journey from a cart to a steam locomotive.

Railway construction of the late XIX - early. 20th century still amazes the imagination with its scale. Railways literally before our eyes reduced the vast expanses of the Russian Empire. Where nature used to be untouched for centuries, everything changed in a few years - mountains cut tunnels, banks of turbulent rivers were connected by majestic bridges, silver threads of rails shone on the plains, locomotive and carriage depots, railway stations were built, and then - towns and cities.

Russia has always been rich in original talents: craftsmen, self-taught inventors, original engineers. One of them is Ivan Petrovich Prokofiev, professor of structural mechanics, general director of track and construction, honored worker of science and technology. He lived a long life, working for the good of the Fatherland.

The whole life of I.P. Prokofiev is connected with the railway - his scientific life, military and pedagogical service. Even he was destined to be born in a house at the Ryazan station of the Ryazan-Kozlovskaya railway - January 7, 1877 in the family of a railway employee. In 1888, when Prokofiev's father died, his mother and four children moved to Moscow to live with relatives. From that moment on, the life of I.P. Prokofiev is inseparable from Moscow. After graduating from the Moscow Classical Gymnasium in 1897, he entered the recently opened Imperial School of the Ministry of Railways, later the Moscow Institute of Railways. Emperor Nicholas II (now the Moscow State University of Communications). So he realized his dream of studying "to become an engineer."

At that time, many well-known scientists and professors worked at the school: F.E. Maksimenko (the first director of the school), N.E. Zhukovsky, I.A. Kablukov, S.A. Chaplygin, S.M. Solovyov, N.P. Lebedev, L.D. Proskuryakov and others. It was L.D. Proskuryakov - the patriarch of Russian structural mechanics - became the main mentor and teacher of Ivan Petrovich. Prokofiev literally "fell ill" with structural mechanics, it was she who later became the main topic of his scientific and teaching work.

At the end of a three-year theoretical course in 1900, L.D. Proskuryakov recommended him for the construction of a bridge across the Amu Darya on the Trans-Caspian Railway as a production engineer on the right bank of the river. It was a unique bridge across the Amu Darya, built according to the project of N.A. Belelyubsky instead of the temporary one, which was destroyed by floods six times over 13 years of operation. On May 27, 1901, three years after the start of construction, the official opening of train traffic on the new 27-span bridge took place (at that time it was the longest bridge in the country). The newspaper "Turkestanskiye Vedomosti" dated June 3, 1901 reported: "The bridge that we all opened on May 27 is undoubtedly a miracle of building art, both in design and in execution." Prokofiev, who was directly involved in the installation of span structures and the construction of jet-directing dams, received a high appraisal of his work from the foreman.

L.D. Proskuryakov appreciated Prokofiev's talent, called him his student, constantly patronized him and invited him to work on most of his projects. The most significant of them are arched bridges across the Dnieper at the Wolf's Throat (never realized) and across the Moscow River on the Moscow Ring Railway.

After a mandatory two-year practice at the plant and the construction of bridges, the successful defense of the report on production practice, Ivan Petrovich was awarded the title of civil engineer. The beginning of Ivan Petrovich's independent engineering activity is associated with the design of a bridge on behalf of the Moscow District Railway in 1903. The bridge project with a span of 12 sazhens (25.7 m) received well-deserved approval. After some time, it was approved by the Ministry of Railways as a model for construction on all suitable sections of the Moscow Ring Railway. In the same year, 1903, Prokofiev traveled to the construction and assembly of bridges across the Vyatka, Vetluga, Neya rivers on the Vologda-Vyatka railway, where he established himself as a talented innovative engineer. For the first time in the practice of domestic bridge building, during the construction of the most complex and largest bridge across the Vyatka (5 × 128 m), he used fitting, reaming and riveting of truss structures on the spot.

The engineering activity of Ivan Petrovich in the period from 1908 to 1916 was marked by original projects of metal ceilings for railway workshops in Perov (arched ceilings of a large span), in Murom (for the first time in Russia - frame three-span metal structures), ceilings of the landing stage of the Kazansky railway station in Moscow, project development railway bridge over the Kazanka (Moscow-Kazanskaya railway), as well as standard projects of retaining walls of variable height and other transport facilities.

The most significant from the design and aesthetic points of view is the project of a metal coating over the landing stage of the Kazansky railway station in Moscow. The work on the project was carried out in close cooperation with the famous architect A.V. Shchusev, who wanted to express something unique, interesting and unusual in the architecture of the Kazansky railway station. Prokofiev proposed to block the middle landing stage with three arched trusses: two with a span of 34 m and one with a span of 56 m. But the war of 1914 prevented this engineering part from being completed. Streletsky "Steel structures" (1952) as an example of an original engineering solution.

The war of 1914 disrupted the usual, measured life, it was followed by a revolution, then a civil war. The new authorities called on the old "specialists" to serve the new state. In 1918, Prokofiev was summoned to the People's Commissariat of Railways, where he agreed to work on the commission for the restoration of bridges blown up during the civil war. Traveling to the most important directions of the railway Voronezh-Rostov, Povorino-Tsaritsyn, Povorino-Valuiki-Yelets, etc., he advises on the restoration of vital out-of-class bridges across the Volga, Donets, Kama, Belaya. With a mandate signed by Ulyanov-Lenin, Prokofiev was seconded to M.K., Commissar of Railways of the Southern Front. Vladimirov and accompanied him along the front-line railways, being the main military expert on the restoration of the railway front, providing the necessary technical assistance.

It was written in the mandate: “The bearer of this, Professor Ivan Petrovich Prokofiev, who is in charge of the restoration of bridges, is granted emergency powers by the Council of Workers 'and Peasants' Defense both in relation to demands for labor, carts, and for emergency transportation along all roads of the republic ... Railways is charged with the duty of urgent fulfillment of the requirements of prof. Prokofiev for the transportation of goods and personnel by emergency trains, when required by I.P. Prokofiev, advancing them at maximum speed out of turn. The exceptional seriousness of the moment in connection with the passage of spring waters requires the authorities of all departments, not excluding the military, to strictly comply with all legal requirements of I.P. Prokofiev".

Ivan Petrovich was proud of the duty entrusted to him, declaring that “the mandate signed by Lenin is my pride, and I allow myself to consider it an assessment of my work at the NKPS in 1918-1919. »

To provide practical assistance in the restoration of railway transport, at the end of 1918, a scientific and technical committee (STC) was formed, which included prominent scientists and engineers P.A. Velikhov, N.S. Zavriev, S.A. Ilyasevich, I.M. Rabinovich, N.S. Streletsky and others. Upon his return to Moscow, Prokofiev worked as part of this Committee in the bridge commission and the commission of the Main Committee of State Constructions.

The engineering activity of Ivan Petrovich of this time was marked by the creation of a number of interesting projects that were distinguished by novelty and economy: typical wooden spans for the restoration of bridges, the ceiling of the diesel shop of the Kolomna Machine-Building Plant.

In 1925, Prokofiev developed a project for a metal bridge for two railway tracks across the Northern Donets with a span of 108 m, in 1927 - a typical span for bridges 158 m long. These were the last author's projects of Ivan Petrovich Prokofiev, because. in 1930, a special design department was created under the NKPS (Mostransproekt). The practice of individual orders to specialists for the design of structures has ceased.

Throughout his life, Prokofiev was closely associated with production, as a member of the scientific and technical committee of the NKPS and its bridge commission. He gives opinions on many projects for new bridges: the name of Volodarsky in Leningrad, across the Northern Dvina in Arkhangelsk, across the Don near Rostov, across the Oka in Gorky; goes to test the bridge named after E.O. Paton across the Dnieper, for the construction of a railway bridge across the Volga to Saratov.

The practical engineering activity of Ivan Petrovich Prokofiev is inextricably linked with his scientific research. Even during the construction of the bridge across the Vyatka, Ivan Petrovich acutely felt the lack of technical literature on the assembly and installation of superstructures. This gap was filled by him in 1911, when his first major work “Iron Bridges. Processing, assembly and installation of metal bridges. In this edition, for the first time in Russia, the technological processes of prefabrication and installation of metal bridge structures at the construction site were considered in detail. The success of this publication was also facilitated by the fact that it also outlined foreign experience, which Prokofiev personally met while participating in the International Railway Congress in Bern in 1910. At the same time, he was able to get acquainted with the bridge building industry in England, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland.

In Brussels, he gets acquainted with a novelty - metal structures made of alloyed steel. Returning to his homeland, Prokofiev in 1912, in a report at a joint meeting of the Polytechnic Society and the Society for Testing Materials, puts forward the idea of using them in our bridge building. However, at that time this idea did not find support from experts. But the development and improvement of domestic bridge building later proved the correctness of these proposals.

Widely known in our country and abroad, Prokofiev's research in the field of loose bodies, published under the titles "Loose body pressure and calculation of retaining walls", "Theory of loose bodies" and "Statics of a loose body". All works withstood more than one edition. Work on a textbook on structural mechanics began even before the revolution, by 1930 it was completed. The textbook called "The Theory of Structures" went through 4 editions, and throughout his life Prokofiev edited and finalized it to make it more understandable for students. Until now, this textbook is very popular, remaining the main guide to structural mechanics for engineers of all specialties.

The well-deserved fame was brought to Prokofiev by the materials testing laboratory he created at the Timiryazev Agricultural Academy - the first laboratory in the country that was actively involved in testing materials for the manufacture of parts for agricultural machines, cars and tractors. In a short time, a team of highly qualified specialists rallied around Prokofiev - technologists, designers, and began research on stresses in machine parts and assemblies (frames, wheels, springs). The results obtained were widely used by research and design institutes, industrial enterprises, factories: the Moscow and Gorky Automobile Plants, the Stalingrad Tractor Plant, etc. Subsequently, their own testing laboratories appeared at the Moscow and Gorky Automobile Plants. The laboratory was finally formed in 1926. The results obtained in it were subsequently included in many works on metallurgy, and some of them were included in the industry standard.

The laboratory has become a recognized scientific center. E.O. Paton wrote to Prokofiev in 1927: “What I saw in the laboratory far exceeded my expectations. A characteristic feature of your laboratory, which puts it in first place among our other mechanical laboratories, is that it does not have outdated equipment, it contains only the newest and most advanced machines and devices.

Prokofiev is engaged in studies of the stability of bridge supports, which later formed the basis of technical standards for the design of deep bridge supports, and the study of the propagation of deformations.

In September 1934, Ivan Petrovich for great scientific merits, the creation of scientific works, was the first in MIIT to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences without defending a dissertation.

In 1937 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Worker of Science and Technology.

During the Great Patriotic War, Professor Prokofiev led the research and testing of rail welding, which was of great importance for the restoration of destroyed railways. For this work in 1942 he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.

However, the main merit, the content of life, the creative heritage of Prokofiev is the creation of a national scientific school in the field of structural mechanics - the foundation of any engineering work in the field of construction.

And his teaching career began in 1906, when he began teaching at the Moscow Engineering School of the Ministry of Railways and the Imperial Moscow Technical School (later MVTU). In September 1913, he was elected by secret ballot from among six candidates to the post of adjunct professor in the department of structural mechanics at the Moscow Agricultural Institute, the former Petrovsky Academy. So he became the first professor among the graduates of the Moscow School.

In 1914, Prokofiev was the head of the Department of Structural Mechanics of the Engineering Department of the Moscow Agricultural Institute, and in 1915 he was re-elected to the post of professor for the next term. At the same time, at the request of L.D. Proskuryakov, he lectures at MIIT. After the division of the agricultural academy into three institutes in 1930, Ivan Petrovich became vice-rector of the separate Hydroreclamation Institute, which was later named after Academician V.R. Williams (now Moscow State University of Environmental Engineering).

I.P. Prokofiev constantly improved the methods of teaching structural mechanics, was engaged in advanced training of teachers of the department, and held weekly methodological meetings. The topics of calculation-graphic and laboratory work of his department were approved by the Committee for Higher Education and were included in the course program for construction specialties.

During his many years as a professor, I.P. Prokofiev trained thousands of engineers for transport, construction and heavy industry. His students are academicians A.F. Smirnov, A.A. Gvozdev, V.I. Rudnev, I.M. Rabinovich, Doctors of Sciences M.M. Filonenko-Borodich, B.N. Zhemochkin, N.K. Snitko, N.P. Shchapov, Ya.A. Pratusevich, N.A. Mitropolsky, V.A. Kiselev, N.I. Bezukhov, A.A. Popov. He has trained over 20 PhDs. Almost all Russian building mechanics relies on their work.

In 1947, the 70th anniversary of the scientist was celebrated. By order of the Minister of Higher Education of the USSR, the Laboratory of Structural Mechanics of the Moscow Irrigation Institute. V.R. Williams was named after Professor I.P. Prokofiev. The hero of the day received many congratulations. More than twenty of his students - doctors of sciences in their collective greeting noted: “Your activity is multifaceted and the path you have traveled is glorious. Your works on the theory of rod systems and the statics of loose bodies are widely known. Your projects of bridges, ceilings and other engineering structures have always stood out for their novelty, courage and thoughtfulness ... Your spiritual appearance, your integrity, straightforwardness, energy and ability to work have always been an enviable but unattainable example for us. Only in Moscow at that time, Prokofiev's students headed 16 departments in universities.

Professor P.Ya. Kamentsev, a former fellow student of Prokofiev, stressed at the anniversary: “I am happy to note that a worthy and brilliant deputy of the unforgettable teacher Lavr Proskuryakov has come out of our flock.”

Professor G.K. Evgrafov said in his speech: "Your diverse research in the field of the theory of structures greatly facilitates our work on improving bridge structures."

General P.A. Kabanov, Hero of Socialist Labor, head of the railway troops noted: “You have brought up more than one generation of bridge engineers in the spirit of strict demands on yourself and on your work ... We, the restorers of railways and bridges, as in the days of military suffering in the Great Patriotic War , and now, during the overhaul of bridges, we found and still find in your works valuable guidance and assistance in resolving complex technical issues.

Outstanding achievements of I.P. Prokofiev were awarded high government awards - two Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner of Labor and others.

Such is the life path of a talented engineer, scientist and teacher - Ivan Petrovich Prokofiev. The work he started is successfully continued by his students, the “Prokofiev school” is growing.

Prepared by:

Averina, V.S. A brilliant substitute for an unforgettable teacher. Brief review of the engineering, scientific and research heritage of Prokofiev I.P. (1877−1958) // Problems of cultural heritage in the field of engineering activities: Sat. Art. – Issue 3. - M., 2002. - S. 80−89. – Bibliography: p.89.

List of publications:

Prokofieva T.N. Socionics. Algebra and Geometry of Human Relations. - M.: "Gnome-Press", 1999, 108s.
Prokofieva T.N. Socionics. Algebra and geometry of human relationships. - M.: "Diamond", 2007, 108s. (Reissue)
Socionics for professionals. Socionic technologies in pedagogy and personnel management edited by T. N. Prokofieva
Prokofieva T.N., Udalova E.A. One way to implement the dualization process. // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, N 2, 1997.
Prokofieva T.N., Udalova E.A. The geometry of intertype relationships. // Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations, №8-9, 2004, // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, №№ 4-5, 1997, // Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology, №6, 2008.
Prokofieva T.N. , Udalova E.A. The typology of C. G. Jung and its development in the West. // Socionics, psychology and interpersonal relations, No. 9, 1998.
Prokofieva T.N. What is socionics. // Here and Now, No. 1, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. Personality development according to the theory of E. Erickson and according to model A. // http//: www.site/ericson, 1999, // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, No. 1, 2002.
Prokofieva T.N. The Development of Jung's Ideas in Western Europe and the USA - Typology.// From the book of T. N. Prokofieva. Socionics. Algebra and geometry of human relationships.
Prokofieva T.N., Fenyakina I. New meeting with Oleg Dal. // Here and Now, No. 1, 1999
Interview to the magazine "Our baby": I. Sukhovey. Why don't I look like my dad?//Our baby, No. 7, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. Improving the psychological climate of the family by socionic methods . // Sociology and psychology. Collection of the best final works. State. Academy of Professional Retraining and Advanced Training for Investment Sphere Managers, 1999.
Prokofieva T.N. Equality? Naturally. The problem of feminism in the mirror of socionics. // http//:www., // Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations, N2, 2003.
Prokofieva T.N. Do our women need equality?//http//:www..
Prokofieva T.N. Is he familiar to you? - Yes and no. A. S. Pushkin in the mirror of socionics. // Personnel Service, N 1, 2000.
Problems of diagnosing personality types in socionics. Collection of reports of the IV Moscow Scientific Conference // Otv. ed. T.N. Prokofiev - M .: INEP, 2001. - 124 p.
Prokofieva T.N. About aspects and functions in socionics. // Socionics. Collection of reports of the IV Moscow scientific conference, 2001, // Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations, No. 1, 2004.
Prokofieva T.N. Methodology for diagnosing types of informational metabolism.// Socionics. Collection of reports of the V Moscow scientific conference, 2001, // Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology, No. 2, 2004, // Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology, No. 9, 2006.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Introduction, history of socionics. // September 1, 2001, No. 21.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Divide by sixteen. // September 1, 2001, No. 22.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Socionic dichotomies N1.// September 1, 2001, No. 25.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Socionic dichotomies N2.// September 1, 2001, No. 26.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Among professions and among people.// September 1, 2001, No. 27
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. If you are not your own enemy. // September 1, 2001, No. 31.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. socionic diagnostics. // September 1, 2001, No. 32.
Prokofieva T.N., M. Kuzmina. Do no harm to the client and yourself.// September 1, 2001, No. 33.
Problems of diagnosing personality types in socionics: Collection of reports of the V Moscow Scientific Conference // Otv. ed. T.N. Prokofiev - M.: INEP, 2002. -100
Problems of diagnosing personality types in socionics: Collection of reports of the VI Moscow Scientific Conference, part 1 // Ed. T.N. Prokofiev - M.: INEP, 2002. - 54 p.
Problems of diagnosing personality types in socionics: Collection of reports of the VI Moscow Scientific Conference, part 2. // Answer. ed. T.N. Prokofiev - M.: INEP, 2002.– 142s
Prokofieva T.N., Krylova T.N. On the diagnosis and solution of some psychological problems.// Socionics. Collection of reports of the VI Moscow scientific conference, 2002.
Problems of diagnosing personality types in socionics: Collection of reports of the VII Moscow Scientific Conference // Otv. ed. T.N. Prokofiev. – M.: INEP, 2003.- 86 p.
Prokofieva T.N. Semantics of aspects.// Socionics. Collection of reports of the VII Moscow scientific conference, 2003, // Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations, N2, 2004.
Prokofieva T.N. Psychological types and abilities for the profession.// Applicant, №11, 2003
Prokofieva T.N. School of socionics in Moscow // Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, No. 5, 2003.
Prokofieva T.N. Socionic characteristics of the intuitive-logical introvert // Collection of reports of the VII Moscow Scientific Conference. – 2003.- October
These mysterious intuitive-logical introverts: Collection of reports of the research laboratory / Ed. ed. T.N. Prokofiev - M.: INEP, 2003. -63 s
Prokofieva T.N. Personality development and socionic functions. (From a forthcoming book: "Algebra and Geometry of Human Relations"), 2004, // "Journal of the Scientific Socionic Society", 2006, No. 1, p. 11, //Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2004.- No. 1, // Management and personnel: psychology of management, socionics and sociology, No. 9, 2006.
Prokofieva T.N. Levels of intelligence development and model A// Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, No. 2, 2006.
Prokofieva T.N. Stages of personality development //Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations. - 2006.- No. 2-3.
Prokofieva T.N. Go there - I don’t know where, bring something - I don’t know what ... or Towards a philosophical understanding of the meaning of rings and blocks of model A// Socionics, mentology and personality psychology, No. 3, 2006.
Prokofieva T.N., Knyazev A.E. Management consulting and socionic analysis of teams// Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology, No. 2, 2006.
, Devyatkin A.S., Kleopov P.E. Peculiarities of the educational approach in the Research Institute of Socionics and our competitive advantages, 2008
Prokofieva T.N., Devyatkin A.S. The concept of education and practical training of personnel for the system of vocational guidance for adolescents. // Management and personnel: psychology of management, socionics and sociology, No. 2, 2008.
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G. Socionic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Teaching and Educational Activities of a Teacher, School Psychologist// Management and personnel: psychology of management, socionics and sociology, No. 4, 2008
Prokofieva T.N. Personal development. // Management and personnel: psychology of management, socionics and sociology, No. 1, 2009.
Kameneva S.K., Prokofieva T.N. Socionic "masks": how they interfere with us and how they help//Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2009. - N 6
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G., Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V. Methodology for determining the psychological type of preschool children. //Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2010. - N 4
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G. Why don't we communicate? Algebra of intertype relations, 2009, //Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology. - 2010. - N 8
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G., Shifrina N.M. Why is it always like this with me? Using Model A in Solving Psychological Problems, 2009, //Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2010. - N 1, //Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology. - 2011. - N 4
Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V., Prokofieva T.N. Dual relations: myths and reality.//Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2010. - N 5
Prokofieva T.N., Isaev Yu.V., Devyatkin A.S. The influence of the main forms of fear according to F. Riemann on the diagnosis of TIM. //Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2010. - N 6
Prokofieva T.N., Kameneva S.K. Once again about quadratic values//Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology. - 2010. - N 4
Devyatkin A.S., Prokofieva T.N. How to effectively plan time, knowing your TIM, or some aspects of the use of socionics in time management // Management and personnel: psychology of management, socionics and sociology. – 2010. – N 10
Isaev Yu.V., Prokofieva T.N. The state of the functions of the ID block as an indicator of the reliability and inner freedom of a person//Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology. - 2010. - N 12
Prokofieva T.N. Meanings of rings and blocks of model A: philosophical reflection. //Psychology and socionics of interpersonal relations. - 2011. - N 1
Isaev Yu.V., Prokofieva T.N. Business communication style. //Socionics, mentology and personality psychology. - 2011. - N 1
Isaev Yu.V., Prokofieva T.N. Features of the business style of communication // Management and personnel: management psychology, socionics and sociology. – 2012. – N 10

Reports at conferences:

Prokofieva T.N., Udalova E.A. Geometry of intertype relations. Geometric representation of model "A". Report at the XIII International Conference on Socionics, 1997. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Personal development from the point of view of socionics. Report at the XIV International Conference on Socionics, 1998. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Personal development according to the theory of E. Erickson and model A. Report at the XV International Conference on Socionics, 1999. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Socionics in Moscow. Report at the XVII International Conference on Socionics, 2001. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. On the method of diagnosing TIM. Report at the XVII International Conference on Socionics, 2001. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Socionic theory of personality development. Report at the XXI International Conference, 2005. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Knyazev A.E. Socionic analysis of collectives. Report at the XXI International Conference on Socionics, 2005. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. A new approach to teaching socionics. Report at the XXI International Conference on Socionics, 2005. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Diagnosis of psychological problems of a person during a socionic interview. Report at the XXII International Conference on Socionics, 2006. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. On the prospects for the development of socionics. Report at the XXII International Conference on Socionics, 2006. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Socionics and psychosophy: 384 types of information and energy exchange. Report at the XXII International Conference on Socionics, 2006. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Research Institute of Socionics. Report at the XXIII International Conference on Socionics, 2007. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Socionic approach to solving individual psychological problems. Report at the XXIII International Conference on Socionics, 2007. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Psychological and socionic personnel audit: assessment of personnel and job candidates Report at the XXIII International Conference, 2007. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N. Psychological meaning of the horizontal blocks of model A. Report at the XXIII International Conference on Socionics. 2007. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G. Psychological content of signs of Augustinavichute-Reinin. What the experiment showed. Report at the XXV International Conference on Socionics, 2009.
Prokofieva T.N., Kameneva S.K. Socionic "masks": how they interfere with us and how they help. Report at the XXV International Conference on Socionics, 2009. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G., Osipov A.V. Sign "tactics-strategy": what the experiment showed. Report at the XXV International Conference on Socionics, 2009. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Isaev Yu.V. Diagonal imperatives in theory and practice. Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V. Dual relations: myths and reality. Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V. Difficulties in diagnosis. The influence of the main forms of fears according to F. Riemann. Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Prokofiev V.G., Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V. Methodology for determining the psychological type of preschool children. Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Devyatkin A.S., Isaev Yu.V. Psychoanalytic meaning of the horizontal blocks of model A. Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv
Prokofieva T.N., Devyatkin A.S. Socionics and psychosophy. Where and how do the two typologies intersect? Report at the XXVI International Conference on Socionics, 2010. - Kyiv

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