Perm State University

Perm State University

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Motto	Vivat, Crescat, Floreat
Type	Public
Established	14 October 1916
President	Dr. Vladimir Malanin
Rector	Dr. Igor Y. Makarikhin
Academic staff	1,800
Undergraduates	18,000
Location	Perm , Perm Krai , Russia
Campus	Urban
Website	Official site

Perm State University (Russian: Пермский государственный университет, romanised: Permskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet) or PSU (Russian: ПГУ, romanised: PGU) is located in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector is Igor Makarikhin.

History

Perm State University was founded on 14 October 1916. Its origins lie in the opening of a branch of St. Petersburg University in the city of Perm. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the Urals economic region. The idea of a center of higher education in the Urals was supported by D.I. Mendeleev, A.S.Popov, D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak, A.G.Denisov-Uralsky and other outstanding public figures.

Faculties

As of 2008, the university has 12 faculties:

• Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
• Faculty of Physics
• Faculty of Chemistry
• Faculty of Biology
• Faculty of Geology
• Faculty of Geography
• Faculty of History and Politology
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology
• Faculty of Economics
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures

Famous alumni and faculty

• Vladimir Nikolayevich Beklemishev, Soviet zoologist and entomologist
• Nikita Belykh, Russian politician, former leader of the Union of Right Forces, currently governor of Kirov Oblast
• Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (Besikovitch) (1891–1970) was a Russian - Jewish mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917.
• Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet-Russian oceanographist
• Georgi Burkov, Soviet film actor
• Georgii Frederiks, Russian geologist
• Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematician and cosmologist
• Nina Gorlanova, Russian novelist
• Boris Grekov, Soviet historian
• Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian biologist. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
• Zulya Kamalova, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia
• Vladimir Porfiriev, Soviet geologist
• Victor Pavlovich Protopopov, Russian-Soviet psychiatrist
• Boris Schwanwitsch, Russian-Soviet entomologist
• Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian-Soviet astronomer
• Nikolay Shaklein, Russian politician, former governor of Kirov Oblast
• Valentin Stepankov, the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
• Jacob Tamarkin, Russian-American mathematician
• George Vernadsky, Russian-American historian
• Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian-Soviet mathematician
• Augustinas Voldemaras, first Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1918
• Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian writer
• Mark Zakharov, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director

See also

• List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
• List of universities in Russia
• Perm State University faculty
• Perm State University alumni

External links

• Official Site of Perm State University