MSU Faculty of History
The Faculty of History is one of the faculties of the Moscow State University. Established at 1934 on the base of the Historical-philological faculty of the university. The dean of the faculty is Sergey Karpov (since 1995).
The history of the faculty
The first departments of the history, arts and archaeology of the Moscow State University were established at 1804. At 1835 department of history was separated into the department of Russian history and the department of foreign history. The department of Russian history was led by Mikhail Pogodin, Sergei Solovyov, Vasily Klyuchevsky, the department of foreign history was led by Timofey Granovsky. At 1850 the historical-philological faculty was created.
After the October Revolution the Faculty of history and the Faculty of law were mixed into the Faculty of social sciences. At 1925 it was reorganized into a Faculty of Soviet Law and Ethnology. At the 1931 the Historical-philological faculty was transformed into Moscow Institute of Philology, Literature and History.
At 1934 the Faculties of history in Moscow State University and in Saint Petersburg University were restored.
Departments of the faculty
- Department of the history of Russia till the beginning of the 18th century
- Department of the history of Russia of the 19th and early 20th century
- Department of the history of Russia of the 20th and 21st century
- Department of the source study of the Russian History
- Department of the ancient history
- Department of the medieval history
- Department of the modern and contemporary history of Europe and America
- Department of the history of southern and western Slavs
- Department of the archaeology
- Department of the ethnology
- Department of the history of social movements and political parties of Russia
- Department of the history of post-soviet countries
- Department of the history of the Church
- Department of the historical information science
- Department of ancient languages
- Department of foreign languages
- Department of the history and theory of art
Notable Members, Past and Present
Notable alumni
- Lyudmila Alexeyeva, (born 1927), Russian human rights activist
- Svetlana Aliluyeva, (1926–2011), the youngest child and the only daughter of Joseph Stalin
- Sergei Bodrov Jr., (1971–2002), Russian actor
- Olga Kabo, (born 1968), Russian actress
- Yuri Knorozov, (1922–1999), Soviet linguist and ethnographer, who is known for his role in the decipherment of the Maya script
- Victor Schnirelmann, (born 1949), Russian historian and ethnologist
- Nikolai Svanidze, (born 1955), Russian TV and radio host
- Savva Yamshchikov, (1938–2009), Russian restorer
- Valentin Yanin (born 1929), leading Russian historian and archaeologist
- Konstantin Zatulin, (born 1958), Russian politician
External links
- Official site (in English)
Coordinates: 55°42′00″N 37°31′46″E / 55.70000°N 37.52944°E