Belgorod State University
| Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет (НИУ БелГУ) |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | 1876 |
| Rector | Oleg Nikolaevich Polukhin |
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Belgorod, Russia Coordinates: 50°35′39″N 36°34′37″E / 50.5941°N 36.5769°E |
| Website | bsu |
The National Research University "Belgorod State University" (BelSU) (Russian: Белгородский государственный национальный исследовательский университет (НИУ БелГУ)) is one of the oldest universities in Belgorod, Russia.
The history of Belgorod State National Research University (abbreviated as BelSU) is closely connected with the history of pedagogic education in Russia. The reforms of the 1860s (following the Russian Emancipation Edict of 1861) promoted the speeding-up of economic, military and scientific development of the country and brought about an increase in the number of educational establishments. After 1872, special educational institutions in Russia started to appear – teaching institutes. On September 26, 1876 in the district town of Belgorod, the Teacher's Training Institute – the ninth of that kind in Russia – was founded by the order of the Russian Ministry of Public Education. That was the beginning of a challenging but eventful history of the University, throughout which it has had different names and organizational structures: Belgorod Pedagogical Institute (1919), Belgorod Institute of Public Education (1920), Belgorod Practical Institute of Public Education (1922), Belgorod Pedagogical Vocational School (1923), Teacher's Training Institute (1939), Belgorod Pedagogical Institute (1954), Belgorod М.S.Olminsky State Pedagogical Institute (1967), Belgorod M.S.Olminsky State Pedagogical University (1994) and, finally, Belgorod State University (since 1996). The University had to temporarily suspend its operation in 1941 due to the outbreak of World War II and resumed its work only when the area had been completely liberated from fascists – in 1944, but in a new place – the town of Stary Oskol (Belgorod region) because Belgorod came out of war almost totally destroyed. Since 1957, the University has been located in Belgorod: first, it was placed into a building in Kommunisticheskaya Street (today it’s the building of the Social-Theological Faculty at 78 Preobrazhenskaya Street), and in 1966, the Institute moved into a new building in Zhdanova Street (now it is 14 Stydencheskaya Street). Nowadays the University has several campuses in and out of Belgorod. In the early 2000s, the University complex began to develop and expand fast due to new buildings with modern equipment. The number of students over the last 7 years has grown more than three times.
The arms of Belgorod State University include the classic heraldic symbols: in a French coat of arms (widely used in Russian heraldry) there is a silver Pegasus against a green background; above Pegasus is a seven-pointed golden star and silver abbreviation BelSU (in Russian); at the bottom of the shield is the date of foundation of the University – 1876 (in golden figures). The colors and symbols of the arms have a single ideological and graphic meaning: green in heraldry symbolizes renewal and rejection of the obsolete and old; silver (white) means purity of intentions; golden (yellow) means nobleness. Pegasus is the oldest symbol of creative inspiration, and a seven-pointed star represents the pursuit of excellence. The symbolism of the colors and the main objects in the shield reflects the real essence of the university. The song about Belgorod State University (lyrics by Vitaly Schigolev, music by Alexander Mosienko) is a component of the University’s corporate culture. Using the anthem helps to add an emotional and ideological charge to the University’s events, influencing the thoughts and spirit of the students, faculty and staff.
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