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.

On March 9, Yuri Gagarin would have turned 90 years old. In honor of the anniversary of the first man in space, the All-Russian Space Communications Conference is being held today.

The event was organized by the Movement of the First together with the All-Russian Organization of War, Labor, Armed Forces, Law Enforcement Agencies and the Administration of the City District Star City.

Today, at the meeting in the Blue Hall of the PSU, Lego Nikolai Nikolaevich, Chairman of the Council of Veterans of Pyatigorsk, is present.

Schoolchildren and students from all over the country can join the meeting with the cosmonauts and ask their questions!

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