Saratov Chernyshevsky State University (, СГУ, transcribed as SGU) is a
higher education
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and research institution in Russia. In 2023 it was ranked #1,156 in the world by ''US News & World Report''.
Named for
Nikolay Chernyshevsky
Nikolay Gavrilovich Chernyshevsky ( – ) was a Russian literary and social critic, journalist, novelist, democrat, and socialist philosopher, often identified as a utopian socialist and leading theoretician of Russian nihilism and the N ...
, the university was founded in 1909 under the name Imperial Saratov University by the Decree of
Emperor Nicholas II
Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; 186817 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, Congress Poland, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until Abdication of Nicholas II, hi ...
. On June 10, 1909, the Emperor signed the "Decree on the foundation of the university in Saratov", which became the tenth University in Russia and consisted of the Medical Faculty only. Professor
V.I. Razumovsky became the first university rector. He was a public figure, surgeon, and scientist. Construction of university buildings as well as the university clinic named after S.R. Mirotvortsev was carried out under the supervision of Russian architect Karl Hermann Ludwig Müffke. The Regional Institute for Microbiology and Epidemiology in South East Russia opened in the city in 1919.
It is located in
Saratov
Saratov ( , ; , ) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River. Saratov had a population of 901,361, making it the List of cities and tow ...
, a city in the southeast of the European part of Russia, on the right bank of the
Volga River
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. SGU has 28 departments, more than 90 programmes of study are offered and the enrollment is around 28,000 students. In April 2006 the programming team from Saratov State University won the world finals of the 2006
ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest
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held in
San Antonio
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, Texas.
Notable people
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Nikolai Vavilov
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov ( rus, Никола́й Ива́нович Вави́лов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɪˈvanəvʲɪtɕ vɐˈvʲiləf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Ivanovich_Vavilov.ogg; – 26 January 1943) was a Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet agronom ...
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Semyon Belozyorov
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Boris Gnedenko
*Serafima Gromova
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Isaac Mustafin
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Artem Stolyarov
See also
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List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
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References
External links
Saratov State University's Official Site, English VersionSaratov State University, brief historical informationSaratov State University wins World Finals of 2006 ACM Programming Contest Slashdot
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, 2006-04-12
Buildings and structures in Saratov
Universities in Volga Region
Buildings and structures in Saratov Oblast
National research universities in Russia
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