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.

During the May holidays, a wonderful trip to Elista took place, in which PSU students together with students of the College of Economics, Service and Entrepreneurship (Essentuki) took part. The trip was organized by IIYMT PSU.

Students visited the very center of the steppe capital, the main decoration of which is the 7 Days Pagoda, symbolizing the principle of cyclical life. Inside this iconic building is a huge prayer drum, which contains about 30 million scrolls with mantras.

In addition, the children saw the largest Buddhist temple in Europe - the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni, examined the building of Khurul and a 9-meter statue of Buddha, white stupas.

Then the students went to the ethnopark "Camel Island", where they rode on long-haired camels-Bactrians, who live only in Kalmykia, and also tried on national clothes, and learned about the life and way of nomads, who 800 years ago conquered half the world.

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