Perm State University
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Perm State University or PSU ' onMouseout='HidePop("12117")' href="/topics/Romanization_of_Russian">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.
. 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.
Romanization of Russian
Romanization of the Russian alphabet is the process of transliterating the Russian language from the Cyrillic alphabet into the Latin alphabet...
: PGU) is located in the city of Perm
Perm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
, Perm Krai
Perm Krai
Perm Krai is a federal subject of Russia that came into existence on December 1, 2005 as a result of the 2004 referendum on the merger of Perm Oblast and Komi-Permyak Autonomous Okrug. The city of Perm became the administrative center of the new federal subject...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural
Ural (region)
Ural is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It extends approximately from north to south, from the Arctic Ocean to the bend of Ural River near Orsk city. The boundary between Europe and Asia runs along the eastern side of...
and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector
Rector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
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 PermPerm
Perm is a city and the administrative center of Perm Krai, Russia, located on the banks of the Kama River, in the European part of Russia near the Ural Mountains. From 1940 to 1957 it was named Molotov ....
. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the Urals economic region
Urals economic region
Ural economic region tr.: Uralsky ekonomichesky rayon) is one of twelve economic regions of Russia. This prominent industrial region consists of the following subdivisions : Bashkortostan , Chelyabinsk Oblast , Kurgan Oblast , Orenburg Oblast , Perm Krai , Sverdlovsk Oblast and Udmurt...
. The idea of a center of higher education in the Urals
Ural (region)
Ural is a geographical region located around the Ural Mountains, between the East European and West Siberian plains. It extends approximately from north to south, from the Arctic Ocean to the bend of Ural River near Orsk city. The boundary between Europe and Asia runs along the eastern side of...
was supported by D.I. Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev , was a Russian chemist and inventor. He is credited as being the creator of the first version of the periodic table of elements...
, A.S.Popov
Alexander Stepanovich Popov
Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who was the first person to demonstrate the practical application of electromagnetic waves....
, 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
- Abram Samoilovitch BesicovitchAbram Samoilovitch BesicovitchAbram Samoilovitch Besicovitch was a Russian mathematician, who worked mainly in England. He was born in Berdyansk on the Sea of Azov to a Karaite family.-Life and career:...
(Besikovitch) (1891–1970) was a RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n - Jewish mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
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. He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917. - Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
and cosmologist - Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian biologistBiologistA biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work...
. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic DictionaryBrockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic DictionaryThe Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary is, in its scope and style, the Russian counterpart to the Encyclopædia Britannica. It contains 121,240 articles, 7,800 images, and 235 maps...
. - Augustinas VoldemarasAugustinas VoldemarasAugustinas Voldemaras was a Lithuanian nationalist political figure. He served as the country's first Prime Minister in 1918, and again from 1926 to 1929.- Biography :...
, first Prime Minister of LithuaniaLithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
in 1918 - Boris GrekovBoris GrekovBoris Dmitrievich Grekov was a Soviet historian noted for his comprehensive studies of Kievan Rus and the Golden Horde...
, Soviet historian - Boris SchwanwitschBoris SchwanwitschBoris Nikolayevich Schwanwitsch , , was a Russian entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He is best known for his studies of the colour pattern of the wings....
, Russian-Soviet entomologist - George VernadskyGeorge VernadskyGeorge Vernadsky , Russian: Гео́ргий Влади́мирович Верна́дский) was a Russian-American historian and an author of numerous books on Russian history.- European years :...
, Russian-American historian - Georgi BurkovGeorgi BurkovGeorgi Ivanovich Burkov was a Soviet film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1967 and 1988. He died on July 19, 1990 at the age of 57 due to thrombosis.-Selected filmography:Actor* Liberation * Stariki-razboyniki...
, Soviet film actor - Georgii FrederiksGeorgii FrederiksGeorgii Nikolaevich Frederiks was a Russian geologist who specialized in paleontology, tectonics and stratigraphy. He described many fossil taxa before becoming a victim of the Great Terror.G. N...
, Russian geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using... - Grigory Abramovich ShajnGrigory Abramovich ShajnGrigory Abramovich Shajn was a Soviet/Russian astronomer. In modern English transliteration, his surname would be given as Shayn, but his astronomical discoveries are credited under the name G. Shajn...
, Russian-Soviet astronomerAstronomerAn astronomer is a scientist who studies celestial bodies such as planets, stars and galaxies.Historically, astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky, while astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena and the differences between them using... - Ivan Matveyevich VinogradovIvan Matveyevich VinogradovIvan Matveevich Vinogradov was a Soviet mathematician, who was one of the creators of modern analytic number theory, and also a dominant figure in mathematics in the USSR. He was born in the Velikiye Luki district, Pskov Oblast. He graduated from the University of St...
, Russian-Soviet mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change.... - Jacob TamarkinJacob TamarkinJacob David Tamarkin was a Russian-American mathematician best known for his work in mathematical analysis.- Biography :Tamarkin was born in Chernigov, Imperial Russia to a wealthy family. His father, David Tamarkin, was a physician and his mother, Sophie Krassilschikov, a member of the landed...
, Russian-American mathematicianMathematicianA mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change.... - Leonid BrekhovskikhLeonid BrekhovskikhLeonid Maksimovich Brekhovskikh was a Russian/Soviet scientist known for his work in acoustical and physical oceanography.-Life:...
, Soviet-Russian oceanographist - Leonid YuzefovichLeonid YuzefovichLeonid Abramovich Yuzefovich is a Russian writer known for the series of crime fiction stories taking place in pre-Revolution Russian Empire. He also writes non-fiction books about history, and currently adapts his stories for TV serials....
, Russian writer - Mark ZakharovMark ZakharovMark Anatolyevich Zakharov is a Soviet and Russian theatrical director and playwright. He was also a professor of the Moscow Theatre Institute ....
, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director - Nikita BelykhNikita BelykhNikita Yurevich Belykh is a Russian politician and former leader of the Union of Right Forces party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Perm Krai , and now is confirmed as governor of Kirov Oblast....
, Russian politician, former leader of the Union of Right ForcesUnion of Right ForcesThe Union of Right Forces, or SPS , was a Russian democratic opposition party associated with free market reforms, privatization, and the legacy of the 'Young Reformers' of the 1990s: Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov, and Yegor Gaidar. Nikita Belykh was the last party's leader...
, currently governor of Kirov OblastKirov OblastKirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of... - Nikolay ShakleinNikolay ShakleinNikolay Ivanovich Shaklein is a Russian politician, former governor of Kirov Oblast in Russia. He was born December 20, 1943 in Korshunikha, Kirov Oblast, Russia. He rose the ranks of the state prosecution service, becoming the deputy general prosecutor of the Russian Federation by 1999. He has...
, Russian politician, former governor of Kirov OblastKirov OblastKirov Oblast is a federal subject of Russia . Its administrative center is the city of Kirov. Population: -History:In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Vyatka remained a place of exile for opponents of the tsarist regime, including many prominent revolutionary figures.In 1920, a number of... - Nina GorlanovaNina GorlanovaNina Viktorovna Gorlanova is a modern short-story writer and novelist who has been living in a provincial Russian city Perm. Perm was depicted as 'Youryatin' in Pasternak's novel Doctor Zhivago.-Biography:...
, Russian novelist - Valentin StepankovValentin StepankovValentin Stepankov was the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation.He once condemned an action by Boris Yeltsin in 1993, in which Russia faced a constitutional crisis.He has also served as Russia's deputy natural resources minister...
, the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation - Victor Pavlovich ProtopopovVictor Pavlovich ProtopopovVictor Pavlovich Protopopov - famous Russian, Ukrainian and Soviet psychiatrist, member of the URSR Academy of Sciences. Being a pupil of Vladimir Bekhterev, Protopopov had founded his own pathophysiological school of thought in the Soviet psychiatry...
, Russian-Soviet psychiatristPsychiatristA psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy... - Vladimir Nikolayevich BeklemishevVladimir Nikolayevich BeklemishevVladimir Nikolayevich Beklemishev was a Russian zoologist and entomologist.Beklemishev began his career at Saint Petersburg University . In 1918 he moved to Perm where he held the post of a docent at the recently opened Perm University, becoming professor of the same university in 1920...
, Soviet zoologist and entomologist - Vladimir PorfirievVladimir PorfirievVladimir Borisovich Porfiryev, , was a Russian and Ukrainian petroleum and coal geologist....
, Soviet geologistGeologistA geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using... - Zulya KamalovaZulya KamalovaZulya Kamalova is an award-winning Tatar singer. She currently resides in Australia though tours both countries frequently.-Life:Zulya grew up in Tatarstan and began performing and writing music at age 9. In 1991, she moved to Australia, settling in Hobart, Tasmania...
, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia
See also
- List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
- List of universities in Russia
- Perm State University faculty
- Perm State University alumni