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 February 17, 1943, Soviet climbers installed the State Flag of the USSR on the Eastern peak of Elbrus, dropping the remains of Hitler’s banners from the flagpoles.

It was 81 years.

On February 17, teachers and students of 4 Institutes and Higher Schools of PSU took part in the traditional, 41st, ascent to the top of Beshtau, dedicated to the Defender of the Fatherland Day.

The organization of the sports and patriotic event, as in previous years, was attended by the head of the Department of Physical Culture and Sports Associate Professor Imnaev Sh.A., the head of the sports club Osadchiy A.I., as well as the head of the Department of Tourism and the Hospitality Industry Associate Professor Goncharova E.N., teachers Agadzhanov B.A. and Ushakova M.A.

We are proud of our students and teachers who take part in such important events, keep the memory of history!

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