Russian-Tajik Slavonic University (RTSU), also known as Russian-Tajik University (), is a university in

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

located in

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

. The university was a result of cooperation between the Russian and Tajik governments. The majority of the students come from Russian families living in Tajikistan and the others are from Tajik and Uzbek families. The university is a member of the Euroasian Universities Association (EUA). Besides being Russian-Tajik the university has students in many nationalities including Armenian, Georgian, Ukrainian and others from

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History

It was established in 1996 as one of the branches of the University of Slavic Russia in Tajikistan. At early beginning it was one of the strongest universities after the

Tajikistani Civil War The Tajikistani Civil War,, group=pron also known as the Tajik Civil War, began in May 1992 and ended in June 1997. Regional groups from the Garm and Gorno-Badakhshan regions of Tajikistan rose up against the newly formed government of Preside ...

and other unrest in the republic. In August 2016, at the opening ceremony of the new building of the university, the

President of Tajikistan The president of Tajikistan is the head of state of the Republic of Tajikistan. The president heads the executive branch of the country's government and is the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Tajikistan. History of the presidency ...

Emomali Rahmon Emomali Rahmon ( ; born 5 October 1952), born Emomali Sharipovich Rahmanov, is a Tajik politician who has served as the President of Tajikistan since 1994, having previously led the country as Chairman of the Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan), Su ...

noted in his speech that over the past years more than 12,000 specialists have been trained at RTSU.Выступление на церемонии открытия нового учебного корпуса Российско-Таджикского (Славянского) университета
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University structure

The university consist of the following departments * Law department * Economics department * Philology department * Department of History and International relationship * Department of Management and IT * Department of Foreign languages

List of specialties or majors

* Faculty of Economics ** General business school with major in macro and microeconomics. ** Business school with major on banking industry * Faculty of History and International relationship ** Culturology ** International relationships * Faculty of Law ** Lawyers **Crime low * Faculty of Management and Information Technology **

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** Management ** Mathematics ** Physics ** Biology ** Chemistry ** Tourism * Faculty of Philology ** Foreign language teaching with major either in English, Chinese or German. **

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and culture ** Journalism ** Faculty of Foreign languages University also provides postgraduate study in economics and philology.

University partnership

The university is partnering in education, culture and science with the following organization: *

American Bar Association The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary association, voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students in the United States; national in scope, it is not specific to any single jurisdiction. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated acti ...

; *

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...

; * Center of Culture "Bactria" (France); * Center of Culture "Confucius" (China); *

International Committee of the Red Cross The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland, and is a three-time Nobel Prize laureate. The organization has played an instrumental role in the development of rules of war and ...

(Switzerland); * Robert Bosh foundation - Robert Bosch GmbH (Germany); * Centre for International Migration and Development (Germany); *

German Academic Exchange Service The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD; ), founded in 1925, is a joint organization of German universities and student bodies to foster their international relations. Since 1 January 2020, the president has been Joybrato Mukherjee. Organisa ...

(Germany) * Other CIS organizations

Notable people

Rectors of the university

*Abdujabbor Sattorov (1996–2006) *Mahmausuf Imomov (2006–2012) *Nurali Salihov (2012–2020) *Tokhir Khojazoda (2020–present)

Known professors

* Georgy Koshlakov, head of the Department of Economics and Management

Honorable doctors of the University

Evgeny Belov Evgeniy Nikolayevich Belov (; born 7 August 1990) is a cross-country skier from Russia. Career He competed for Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events. In December 2016, the International Ski Federation (FIS) pr ...

– the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

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* Maxim Peshkov – the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of

Gennadiy Seleznyov Gennadiy Nikolayevich Seleznyov (; 6 November 1947 – 19 July 2015) was a Russian politician, the Chairman of the State Duma from 1996 to 2003. Early life and career Born at Serov in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Gennadiy Seleznyov went to school from ...

– the Speaker of the State Duma of Russia *

Sergey Mironov Sergey Mikhailovich Mironov (; born 14 February 1953) is a Russian politician. He served as Chairman of the Federation Council (Russia), Chairman of the Federation Council of Russia, Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian parliam ...

– the Chairman of the Federation Council *

Boris Gryzlov Boris Vyacheslavovich Gryzlov (, ; born 15 December 1950) is a Russian politician and diplomat currently serving as the Russian Ambassador to Belarus. Previously, he served as the chairman of the State Duma from 2003 to 2011 and as interior m ...

– the Speaker of the State Duma of Russia *

Andrei Fursenko Andrei Aleksandrovich Fursenko ( rus, Андрей Александрович Фурсенко, , ɐnˈdrʲej ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ ˈfursʲɪnkə, links=y; born 17 July 1949) is a Russian politician, scientist and businessman. He has the fe ...

– the Minister of Education of Russia *

Yury Luzhkov Yury Mikhailovich Luzhkov ( rus, Юрий Михайлович Лужков, p=ˈjʉrʲɪj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ lʊˈʂkof; 1936 – 10 December 2019) was a Russian politician who served as mayor of Moscow from 1992 to 2010. Before the elect ...

– former mayor of Moscow *

Valentina Matviyenko Valentina Ivanovna Matviyenko, . (;, . born 7 April 1949) is a Russian politician and former diplomat serving as a Senator from Saint Petersburg and the Chairwoman of the Federation Council since 2011. Previously she was Governor of Saint Peter ...

Chairman of the Federation Council The Chairman of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (), also informally called ''Speaker'' (), is the presiding officer of the upper house of the Russian parliament. It is the third highest position, after t ...

Sergey Naryshkin Sergey Yevgenyevich Naryshkin ( rus, Серге́й Евге́ньевич Нары́шкин, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej jɪˈvɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ nɐˈrɨʂkʲɪn; born 27 October 1954) is a Russian politician who has served as the Director of SVR, di ...

Chairman of the State Duma The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (), also informally called ''Speaker'' (), is the presiding officer of the State Duma, lower house of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, Russian parlia ...

Alumni

Alex Sodiqov Alex Sodiqov, born as Alexander Sodiqov (; Russian: Александр Cодиков; born September 7, 1983) is a political science PhD student at the University of Toronto, who was apprehended by security officials in Tajikistan on June 16, 2014 ...

References

External links

Российско-Таджикский (Славянский) Университет Телефоны и адреса РТСУ
{{authority control Universities in Tajikistan Education in Dushanbe Russia–Tajikistan relations