Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)
Pyatigorsk State University (PSU)

The date of foundation of Pyatigorsk State University is considered to be June 27, 1939, when the Pedagogical School officially became a higher educational institution. Since then, the university has undergone various changes and transformations - an increase in the number of years of study, several renamings - and officially became known as Pyatigorsk State University in 2016. Since 2005, the head of the university is Professor Gorbunov Alexander Pavlovich. By 2009, 10 faculties were formed at the university. Further, on their basis, institutes and higher schools were created, having one of the faculties in their composition. In addition, PSU is actively developing the system of pre-university, postgraduate and additional education. It has a branch in Novorossiysk. Currently, the university has 34 departments. Now Pyatigorsk State University has more than 5,500 students and 3,000 students from different regions of Russia and foreign countries. All the peoples of the Caucasus are also represented in PSU.

PSU Associate Professor Daria Sukhovskaya was a speaker at Russia's largest folklore festival, “Zhatva,” in Voronezh.

The Zhatva Festival is a large-scale cultural platform that brings together researchers, artists, musicians, and folk artists. It is here that the modern agenda for the preservation of intangible cultural heritage is formed and new meanings for the development of traditions are created.

In her lecture, Daria Sukhovskaya presented a scientific interpretation of the symbolism and archetypes of Russian fairy tales and epics, showing how cultural codes are transmitted and national identity is formed through the images and metaphors of folk art.

Daria Sukhovskaya's participation in “Zhatva” is a significant confirmation of the scientific and cultural authority of PSU, whose teachers today shape the intellectual agenda not only at the regional level, but also at the national level.

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