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.

At Pyatigorsk State University, a lecturer from the "Knowledge" Society spoke about the war and the power of national unity.

Stavropol Krai joined the nationwide educational campaign "Great Victory Day." Students, government officials, and senior citizens participated in three meetings organized by the Russian "Knowledge" Society.

One of the most poignant lectures was held at Pyatigorsk State University and was titled "Operation Unthinkable – the Failed Blitzkrieg after Victory."

The lecturer discussed Western countries' plans to attack the Soviet Army immediately after Germany's surrender. Ivan Khudyakov, a lecturer from the Russian "Knowledge" Society and a history and social studies teacher at the "Debut-UNI" Gymnasium at PSU, addressed the students, reviewing documents that had long remained classified and explaining why this scenario never came to fruition.

The lecturer also gave a talk at PSU on the topic: "Strength in Unity: National Consolidation as a Key Factor in Victory." Here, the expert emphasized that the war was won not only by the front-line soldiers, but also by those who worked in the rear, who evacuated factories, and who treated the wounded in hospitals.

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