Forwarded from Russian Embassy in South Africa
🎓 Today the 270th anniversary of the Lomonosov Moscow State University is celebrated in Russia.
It was founded by the decree of Empress Elizabeth on the proposal of Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
✍️ According to Lomonosov's plan, there were originally three faculties. First all the students acquired a comprehensive knowledge in the field of science and humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy; then they could specialize and continue at the Faculty of Philosophy or join either the Law Faculty or The Faculty of Medicine. Lectures were delivered either in Latin, the language of educated people at the time, or in Russian.
✍️ From 1755 to 1787 the University occupied the Principal Medicine Store (current State Historical Museum on the Red Square), Catherine the Great transferred it to a newly constructed neoclassical building on Mokhovaya Street. The present-day MSU’s main building, one of the famous Moscow “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers, was inaugurated in 1953.
🇷🇺 Today the MSU is a major traditional educational institution in Russia, with the total number of students exceeding 40,000. As one of the pillars of fundamental education, the University has made a significant contribution to developing international humanitarian cooperation, raising a constellation of outstanding scientists and scholars, state persons, politicians and public figures holding various posts in foreign countries. There have been 11 Nobel Prize winners among its professors and alumni.
🎉 Happy birthday, MSU!
#MSU270 #MSU_1755
It was founded by the decree of Empress Elizabeth on the proposal of Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov.
✍️ According to Lomonosov's plan, there were originally three faculties. First all the students acquired a comprehensive knowledge in the field of science and humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy; then they could specialize and continue at the Faculty of Philosophy or join either the Law Faculty or The Faculty of Medicine. Lectures were delivered either in Latin, the language of educated people at the time, or in Russian.
✍️ From 1755 to 1787 the University occupied the Principal Medicine Store (current State Historical Museum on the Red Square), Catherine the Great transferred it to a newly constructed neoclassical building on Mokhovaya Street. The present-day MSU’s main building, one of the famous Moscow “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers, was inaugurated in 1953.
🇷🇺 Today the MSU is a major traditional educational institution in Russia, with the total number of students exceeding 40,000. As one of the pillars of fundamental education, the University has made a significant contribution to developing international humanitarian cooperation, raising a constellation of outstanding scientists and scholars, state persons, politicians and public figures holding various posts in foreign countries. There have been 11 Nobel Prize winners among its professors and alumni.
🎉 Happy birthday, MSU!
#MSU270 #MSU_1755