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 the eve of the 80th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation is organizing a patriotic campaign “Scientific Regiment”.

The project presents stories about students, teachers and researchers who during the Great Patriotic War contributed to the Victory by their heroic deeds.

February 2, 1943 is the Day of the defeat of Nazi troops by Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad. In honor of the memorable date we have prepared a number of biographical stories of those employees of our university who took part in one of the largest battles of the Great Patriotic War.

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