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 will host the Cyril and Methodius Readings-2025.

The readings are timed to coincide with the Day of Slavonic Script and Culture, a holiday that reminds us of the centuries-long path of language, literature and traditions started by Cyril and Methodius.

The Institute of Translation Studies, Russian Studies and Multilingualism and the Pushkin Institute Center for Russian Language and Culture” invite you to the ‘Cyril and Methodius Readings-2025’, which will take place on:

May 27 (Tuesday);

В 10:10;

At the Center of Russian Language and Culture of PSU.

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