Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University

The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University (Russian: Педагоги́ческий институ́т Ирку́тского госуда́рственного университе́та) was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments,^[1] and provides education in 9 training directions.^[3] Minor plant 2585 Irpedina, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the institute (Chernykh's wife, Lyudmila Chernykh, was also an astronomer and a graduate of the institute).

Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University

Педагогический институт Иркутского государственного университета
Former names	Irkutsk Teaching Institute (1909) East-Siberian Institute of People's Education (1918) Pedagogical Faculty of Irkutsk State University (1921) Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute (1931) Irkutsk State Pedagogical University (1997) East-Siberian State Academy of Education (2009) [1]
Type	Public
Established	1909[1]
Parent institution	Irkutsk State University
Director	Prof. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Semirov[2]
Academic staff	>200[1]
Students	>4000[1]
Location	Irkutsk , Irkutsk Oblast , Russia 52°17′33″N 104°17′11″E
Language	Russian
Website	pi.isu.ru