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Moscow State University (MSU; Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова Moskovskiy gosudarstvenn'y universitet imeni M. V. Lomonsova, often abbreviated МГУ, MGU) is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on 23 January [O.S. 12 January] 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. It also houses the tallest educational building in the world.[2] Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy. According to the 2019 QS World University Rankings, it is the highest-ranking Russian educational institution and is widely considered the most prestigious university in the former Soviet Union.
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Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова | |
Motto | Наука есть ясное познание истины, просвещение разума... |
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Motto in English | Science [also, Learning in 1700's Russian but not in the modern language] is clear understanding of truth, enlightenment of the mind... |
Type | Public |
Established | 23 January 1755 (1755-01-23) |
Rector | Viktor Sadovnichiy |
Academic staff | 5,000 |
Students | 47,000 |
Undergraduates | 40,000 |
Postgraduates | 7,000 (estimate) |
Location | , |
Campus | |
Language | Russian |
Colours | Blue |
Affiliations | Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs Institutional Network of the Universities from the Capitals of Europe International Forum of Public Universities |
Website | www |
Building details | |
Главное здание МГУ (ГЗ МГУ) | |
General information | |
Location | Moscow, Russia |
Coordinates | 55.7039°N 37.5286°E / 55.7039; 37.5286 |
Completed | 1953 |
Height | |
Architectural | 240 m (787 ft) |
Top floor | 214 m (702 ft)[1] |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 42 |
Floor area | 1,000,000 m2 (10,763,910.417 sq ft) |
As of 2017, 13 Nobel laureates, 6 Fields Medal winners and 1 Turing Award winner have been affiliated with the university. It is the alma mater of many famous writers such as Anton Chekhov and Ivan Turgenev, politicians such as Mikhail Gorbachev and Mikhail Suslov, as well as renowned mathematicians and physicists such as Boris Demidovich, Vladimir Arnold, and Andrey Kolmogorov.
USSR State prize winners 1: Garry Abelev Mstislav Keldysh Olga Oleinik
Lenin prize Yuri Prokhorov
Olympic medals:
Pavel Abramov Nikolay Melnikov
Writers:
Vasily Grossman Ivan Goncharov
Actors:
Sergei Bodrov Jr.
Artists:
Wassily Kandinsky
? Sergei Bulgakov Pavel Potemkin
Other heads of state: Kazys Grinius Todor Burmov Muhammad Mustafa Mero Zurab Noghaideli
Current high-profile politians: Alexander Novak
Patriarchs: Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow