Moscow State University: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (often abbreviated MGU) is considered the oldest university in Russia. The university was established on January 25 (January 12 old style), 1755 by a decree of Russian Empress Elizabeth. The actual studies began on April 26. The university was renamed in 1940 in honor of its founder Mikhail Lomonosov. The university now has some 4,000 staff teaching 31,000 students and 7,000 postgraduates.

Departments

Mechanics and Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics (Computer Science), Biology, Art, Bioengineering and Bioinformatics, Economics, Foreign Languages, Geography, Geology, History, International Politics, Journalism, Materials Science, Fundamental Medicine, Philology, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Soil Studies, Business School, Law School, and many more

• Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics
• Institute of Mechanics
• Sternberg Astronomical Institute
• A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology
• Research Computing Center
• N.N.Bogoliubov Institute for Theoretical Problems of Microphysics
• and several more

• Mikhail Gorbachev
• Pyotr Kapitsa
• Andrey Kolmogorov
• Igor Kurchatov
• Lev Landau
• Grigory Landsberg
• Andrei Sakharov
• Igor Tamm

Since 1953 the main departments are situated on Vorob'evy Gory.