Perm State University

Motto| Vivat, Crescat, Floreat
Type| Public
Established| 14 October 1916
President| Dr. Vladimir Malanin
Rector| Dr. Igor Y. Makarikhin

Academic staff

| 1,800
Undergraduates| 18,000
Location|

Perm

Perm Krai

Russia

Campus| Urban
Website| Official site

Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; Russian: Пермский университет, Пермский государственный университет, Пермский государственный национальный исследовательский университет, romanised: Permskiy gosudarstvennyy universitet, Permskiy gosudarstvennyy natsionalynyy issledovatelskyy universitet) or PSU, PSNRU, (Russian: ПГУ, ПГНИУ, romanised: PGU, PGNIU ) is located in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia . Founded in 1916, it claims to be one of the oldest universities in the Ural and eastern territories of Russia. Its current rector is Igor Makarikhin.

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Faculties
* 3 Institutions and research centres
* 4 Partner universities
* 5 Famous alumni and faculty
* 6 See also
* 7 Notes
* 8 References
* 9 External links

## History

Perm State University was founded on 14 October 1916. Its origins lie in the opening of a branch of St. Petersburg University in the city of Perm. This decision of the Russian government was in tune with the strategy of the cultural and geopolitical development of the Urals economic region. The idea of a center of higher education in the Urals was supported by D.I. Mendeleev, A.S.Popov, D.N.Mamin-Sibiryak, A.G.Denisov-Uralsky and other outstanding public figures.

## Faculties

As of 2008, the university has 12 faculties:

* Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
* Faculty of Physics
* Faculty of Chemistry
* Faculty of Biology
* Faculty of Geology
* Faculty of Geography
* Faculty of History and Politology
* Faculty of Philology
* Faculty of Philosophy and Sociology
* Faculty of Economics
* Faculty of Law
* Faculty of Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures
* Faculty of General Medicine

## Institutions and research centres

## Partner universities

* University of Oxford[1]

## Famous alumni and faculty

* Vladimir Nikolayevich Beklemishev, Soviet zoologist and entomologist
* Nikita Belykh, Russian politician, former leader of the Union of Right Forces, currently governor of Kirov Oblast
* Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch (Besikovitch) (1891–1970) was a Russia n - Jewish mathematician, who worked mainly in England . He was appointed professor at the University of Perm in 1917.
* Leonid Brekhovskikh, Soviet-Russian oceanographist
* Georgi Burkov, Soviet film actor
* Sergei Chernikov, Russian mathematician
* Georgii Frederiks, Russian geologist
* Alexander Friedmann, Russian mathematician and cosmologist
* Nina Gorlanova, Russian novelist
* Boris Grekov, Soviet historian
* Alexander-Paul Henckel, Russian biologist. Founder of Perm State University Botanical gardens. Author of Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
* Zulya Kamalova, Tatar singer currently residing in Australia
* Vladimir Porfiriev, Soviet geologist
* Victor Pavlovich Protopopov, Russian-Soviet psychiatrist
* Boris Schwanwitsch, Russian-Soviet entomologist
* Grigory Abramovich Shajn, Russian-Soviet astronomer
* Nikolay Shaklein, Russian politician, former governor of Kirov Oblast
* Valentin Stepankov, the first prosecutor general of the Russian Federation
* Jacob Tamarkin, Russian-American mathematician
* Mariya Vasperov, Fashion Model and Activist
* George Vernadsky, Russian-American historian
* Ivan Matveyevich Vinogradov, Russian-Soviet mathematician
* Augustinas Voldemaras, first Prime Minister of Lithuania in 1918
* Leonid Yuzefovich, Russian writer
* Mark Zakharov, Soviet-Russian theatrical and film director

## See also

* List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
* List of universities in Russia

## Notes

## References

1. ↑ http://en.psu.ru/summer-schools/biology-and-geology-internships

## External links

* Official Site of Perm State University

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