Smolensk State University () is a

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located in

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History

It was formed on November 7, 1918, by a decree of the Council of People's Commissars. Initially, the university combined humanitarian, natural-scientific and medical educational directions. In accordance with the government decision on the reform of higher and secondary vocational education, by order of the People's Commissariat of Education of the RSFSR of April 18, 1930, the university was reorganized into two independent institutes: the Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute of the People's Commissariat of the RSFSR and the Smolensk State Medical Institute of the People's Commissariat of the RSFSR. On January 13, 1998, by the order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation, Smolensk State Pedagogical Institute was renamed Smolensk State Pedagogical University. The modern stage of the university's history begins on December 19, 2005, when, by the order of the Federal Agency for Education, the state educational institution of higher education "Smolensk State Pedagogical University" was renamed "Smolensk State University" (SmolSU), thus, elevating its status to a classical university. On April 13, 2011, the organizational form of the university was changed and it became a budgetary institution. In 2018, it became possible to study

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at Smolensk State University. In the same year, two specialities in Smolensk State University weren't accredited. In 2021, it became known that the students from

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were going to become the students of Smolensk State University. The local press criticizes teaching foreign students, for 30% foreigners were expelled from Smolensk State University, in accordance with official report.

Notable alumni

* Peter Fishman, sculptor * Aleksandr Kurosh, mathematician

External links

Official website. About the University

References

{{Authority control Smolensk State University Universities and colleges established in 1918 1918 establishments in Russia