Moscow State University Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Московский Государственный Университет имени М.В.Ломоносоваб often abbreviated МГУ, 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. As of 2004, the university has some 4,000 staff teaching 31,000 students and 7,000 postgraduates.
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Since 1953 the main departments are situated on Vorob'evy Gory (Sparrow Hills, Lenin Hills in 1935 — 1999). It was designed by architect Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev. In the post-war era, Stalin ordered seven huge tiered neoclassic towers built around the city. The MSU main building was by far the largest. The central tower being 240m and 36-stories high, was flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5000 rooms. The star on the top is large enough to provide a small room and a viewing platform; it weighs 12 tons. The building's facades are ornamented with giant clocks, barometers, and thermometers, statues, carved wheat sheaves and Soviet crests. It stands before a terrace featuring statues of male and female students gazing optimistically and confidently into the future. The building was largely constructed by prisoners, including German POWs. According to one legend, a desperate prisoner fashioned wings for himself from two boards and tried to soar off the top of the structure to freedom. The legend says he did not make it.
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