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.

Closing of National Unity Week 2025 at the Institute of Romance and Germanic Languages, Information and Humanities Technologies.

Five events were held during the week: the Mountain Hearth gastronomic festival, an evening of Russian folk customs and traditions, an Inspiration of the Caucasus literary evening, a My Little Homeland photo contest, and a Constellation of Cultures dance break.

The final event was the dance break “Constellation of Cultures,” which aimed to introduce participants to the folklore and dances of the peoples of Russia.

Participants were introduced to Armenian, Georgian, Adyghe, Karachay-Balkar, Azerbaijani, Russian, Tabasaran, and Greek dances.

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