Altai State University ( is a

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Barnaul Barnaul (, ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative centre of Altai Krai, Russia, located at the confluence of the Barnaulka and Ob (river), Ob rivers in the West Siberian Plain. As of the Russian Censu ...

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. It was established as the first multidisciplinary university in

Altai Krai Altai Krai (, ) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai). It borders, clockwise from the west, Kazakhstan ( East Kazakhstan Region, Abai Region and Pavlodar Region), Novosibirsk and Kemerovo, and the Altai Republic. The krai's administrative ce ...

in 1973.

History

The opening of the university was preceded by a great deal of work carried out by the Altai Regional Party Committee. The First Secretary of the Regional Committee of the CPSU Alexander Vasilyevich Georgiev in his memo "On the Organization of the Altai State University" to the Soviet Ministry of Higher Education on December 6, 1972, substantiated the need to open a new higher education institution with multidisciplinary training in the

: the

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was in dire need of highly qualified specialists. In 1972, the Regional Committee of the CPSU and the Regional Executive Committee addressed the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee L. I. Brezhnev with a reasoned letter about opening a university in Altai. On December 27, 1972, the Secretariat of the CPSU Central Committee reviewed it and recognized the establishment of the Altai University as fully justified and timely. On December 31, 1972, the Bureau of the Regional Committee and the Regional Executive Committee adopted a resolution "On the Organization of the Altai State University", which defined practical measures for the creation of the university. On March 27, 1973, the

Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union The Council of Ministers of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ( rus, Совет министров СССР, r=Sovet Ministrov SSSR, p=sɐˈvʲet mʲɪˈnʲistrəf ˌɛsˌɛsˌɛsˈɛr), sometimes abbreviated as Sovmin or referred to as the ...

adopted Resolution No. 179 on the opening of a university in Barnaul. On May 25, 1973, the corresponding Resolution No. 279 was adopted by the Council of Ministers of the RSFSR. In pursuance of the adopted decisions, the ministers of higher and secondary specialized education of the USSR and the RSFSR issued orders No. 274 and 229 on the organization of Altai State University. In September 1973, the educational process began at Altai State University. By order of the Ministry of Higher Education of the RSFSR No. 253 of May 29, 1973, the initial structure of the university was designated. In accordance with it, the university was to have five faculties: history and philology, law, economics, chemistry and biology, physics and mathematics. Training was provided in 9 specialties: history, philology, jurisprudence, labor economics, industrial production planning and organization, chemistry, biology, physics, mathematics, and economic cybernetics. The opening of these specialties was supposed to be gradual. In 1973, the training of historians, philologists, lawyers, and economists began. The following year, chemists, biologists, mathematicians, and physicists. Later, the structure of the university underwent some changes. In 1973, the law and history-philology departments began to function, which had not yet been approved by the Ministry of Higher Education of the RSFSR (the order for their organization was issued on January 2, 1974). On May 29, on the recommendation of the regional committee of the CPSU, the Minister of Higher and Secondary Specialized Education of the RSFSR appointed candidate of historical sciences, associate professor Vasily Ivanovich Neverov as rector of the Altai State University.

Departments

Altai State University has the following departments:

Arts The arts or creative arts are a vast range of human practices involving creativity, creative expression, storytelling, and cultural participation. The arts encompass diverse and plural modes of thought, deeds, and existence in an extensive ...

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Geography Geography (from Ancient Greek ; combining 'Earth' and 'write', literally 'Earth writing') is the study of the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth. Geography is an all-encompassing discipline that seeks an understanding o ...

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

Mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

and IT,

Mass Communication Mass communication is the process of imparting and exchanging information through mass media to large population segments. It utilizes various forms of media as technology has made the dissemination of information more efficient. Primary examples o ...

Philology Philology () is the study of language in Oral tradition, oral and writing, written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also de ...

and

Political Science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

and

Technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

Education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

and

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

Sociology Sociology is the scientific study of human society that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of Interpersonal ties, social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. The term sociol ...

and International Institute of Economics, Management and Informational Systems. The university has affiliates in

Biysk Biysk ( rus, Бийск, p=bʲijsk; , ) is a city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Biya River not far from its confluence with the Katun River. It is the second largest city of the krai (after Barnaul, the administrative center of the krai ...

, Belokurikha,

Rubtsovsk Rubtsovsk (, ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Altai Krai, Russia, located on the Aley River (Ob River, Ob's tributary) southwest of Barnaul. Population: 167,000 (1975); 111,000 (1959); 75,334 (1939). Rubtsovsk is the ...

and

Slavgorod Slavgorod () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town in Altai Krai, Russia, located between Lake Sekachi, Lakes Sekachi and Bolshoye Yarovoye. The population of the town is It was founded in 1910 and was granted town status in 1914. ...

all in

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References

External links

Altai State University website
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