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.

A social and rehabilitation event with the participation of the Pyatigorsk local organization of the All-Russian Society of the Blind was held at PSU.

Under the guidance of Associate Professor O.V. Kurskikh, a 2nd year graduate student in the direction of “Theory and Practice of Audiovisual Translation”, Aishat Lepshakova and Irina Shubenok presented the project “Translation of Audiodescription as a Method of Adapting Video Content for the Blind”.

The project aims to improve the quality of life of blind and visually impaired people in the CMS region.

In Russia, the White Cane Month is held annually between October 15 and November 13 in order to acquaint the public with the problems of blind people.

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