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.

PSU Rector Alexander Pavlovich Gorbunov joined the new Public Council of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District and participated in its first meeting.

The first meeting of the newly elected Public Council was held at the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District. Participants summarized the work for 2023–2026 and approved the Council's composition for the period through 2029.

During the meeting, Police Colonel General Sergei Bachurin, Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia for the North Caucasus Federal District, noted the importance of interaction between law enforcement agencies and civil society institutions and thanked the Council members for their contributions to the implementation of socially significant and patriotic projects.

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