The Ryazan State University named for S. A. Yesenin () is a university in

Ryazan Ryazan (, ; also Riazan) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 C ...

Ryazan Oblast Ryazan Oblast (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Ryazan, which is also the oblast's largest city. Geography Ryazan Oblast ...

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. It was founded in 1915. It bears the name of Russian poet

Sergei Yesenin Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (, ; 1895 – 28 December 1925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations ...

, who grew up in the region.

History

RSU was founded in 1915, as a women's teacher training institute. In 1918, it was renamed as the Ryazan State Pedagogical Institute.; in In 1930 it was restructured and again renamed as the Ryazan State Pedagogical University. It began to expand its course offerings beyond teacher training in the 1980s; in 1992, it was one of the first pedagogical universities to be granted full university status. , they enrolled roughly 5,500 students and employed 400 faculty and administrative staff. The university began to use its present name in 2006.

Rectors

* Murog Igor Alexandrovich (November 30, 2022 - April 2, 2024) — acting rector * Lazutkina Larisa Nikolaevna (April 2024 - August 27, 2024) — acting rector * Bokov Dmitry Alexandrovich (from August 27, 2024) — acting rector

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Official site
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