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Moscow University Celebrates 250th Anniversary
The Moscow State
University celebrates its
250th anniversary. The main festivities scheduled included the grand opening of
the new Fundamental Library, the traditional public drinking of mead, and
fireworks. The university had also been holding a series of conferences and
founded the MSU International Alumni Association. And in honor of the
anniversary, the MSU satellite was launched from Plesetsk cosmodrome on Jan,
20.
The Moscow State
University is the largest educational
institution and one of the major research centers in Russia. Founded in 1755 by the
decree of Russian Empress Elizabeth, the university originally had three
faculties: Law, Philosophy and Medicine. The university's curator and first
president Count
Shuvalov chose Jan, 25
to present the decree to the Empress for signing, as it fell on the feast of Saint
Tatiana, his mother's name day. In 1940 the university was named after Mikhail
Lomonosov, the illustrious Russian scientist, who, together with Shuvalov stood
behind the university's foundation and became one of its first professors.
Presently, MSU structure
encompasses 29 faculties, 15 research institutes, 4 museums, over 350
departments, the Scholar's Park, the Botanical Garden, a science library, a
publishing house, a printing-plant, and other facilities.
The tradition to
celebrate the university's birthday on St. Tatiana's Day, lost during the Soviet
time, was resurrected in 1992 quickly gaining popularity and never failing to
attract thousands of students.
