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Russian State University for the Humanities

Russian State University for the Humanities
Российский государственный гуманитарный университет
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Logo of RSUH
Former names
Moscow Public University (1908–1918), Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (1930–1990)
Motto Вековые традиции — современные технологии (Russian)
Motto in English
Centuries-old Tradition, Contemporary Technology
Type Public
Established 1991
President Yefim Iosifovich Pivovar
Provost Valery Vladmirovich Minayev
Rector Evgeny Nikolaevich Ivakhnenko
Students 5,500
Location Moscow, Russia
Campus Urban
Nickname RSUH, RGGU
Website http://rggu.com/

Coordinates: 55°46′36″N 37°35′46″E / 55.77667°N 37.59611°E / 55.77667; 37.59611

The Russian State University for the Humanities (RSUH, RGGU; Russian: Росси́йский госуда́рственный гуманита́рный университе́т, РГГУ; translit. Rossijskij gosudarstvennyj gumanitarnyj universitet, RGGU), is a university in Moscow, Russia with over 14,000 students. It was created in 1991 as the result of the merger of the Moscow Public University (est. 1908) and the Moscow State Institute for History and Archives (est. 1930). The institute occupies a network of historic buildings along the Nikolskaya Street in Kitay-gorod, including the former Moscow Print Yard and the cells of the Zaikonospassky monastery.

The Moscow Public University was founded in 1908 on the initiative of the eminent Russian patron of the arts, Alfons Shanyavsky (), and played a special role in Russian higher education from its inception. It was the center of enlightened and moral education right up to 1918, realizing the progressive principles of alternative education in conjunction with a sound educational foundation available to all.

The Moscow State Institute for History and Archives, founded in 1930 as a center for the preparation of archivists, became over the years a focus of scientific research. In its archival pursuits in areas of history and such auxiliary realms as the study of primary sources, archaeology and palaeography, it managed to preserve the very best of Russian research. By the beginning of the 1990s, this institution had achieved university level which naturally enabled it to become the organizational heart of the RSUH, founded in 1991.


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