A little more than ten years ago, a reorganization took place in Krasnoyarsk: several universities of the city were combined into one large university, called the Siberian Federal University. However, this did not concern everyone; some institutions still live apart. For example, Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical University named after Astafiev.
Story
Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V.P. Astafyev - such is its full official name - opened its doors to meet applicants in the summer of 1932. It is one of the very first universities in the Siberian and Far Eastern regions. In the first year of work, only four departments functioned at the institute, but gradually it “got on its feet”, new faculties appeared. Initially, the KSPU was located in the building of the former female gymnasium in the very center of Krasnoyarsk. Then, when the university has grown enough, primary schools remained there, the remaining directions were placed in other buildings.
KSPU them. Astafyev was not always named after the great fellow countryman of Krasnoyarsk. Only in 1999, Viktor Petrovich was appointed professor emeritus of the university, and the university received his name after the death of the writer, in 2004.
The Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical University named after Astafiev has several branches in different cities of the region - Zheleznogorsk, Achinsk, Kansk, Minusinsk, Kyzyl, Norilsk. Since 2015, the university is headed by Valery Anatolyevich Kovalevsky, Doctor of Medical Sciences.
Features
The Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical University named after Astafiev is one of the largest in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Here you can get not only an education as a bachelor or specialist, but also graduate from a magistracy and graduate school. A retraining center operates on the basis of the university, where you can undergo retraining and receive a document on additional education.
KSPU them. Astafyeva constantly receives scientific grants, which allows its employees to develop in their field, travel abroad and work in archives, publish scientific works, develop innovations, and so on. University students travel abroad on an exchange program; students from other countries are also not uncommon at a pedagogical institute. In addition, there are foreigners among the teaching staff - French, Japanese, Americans, Poles. The university three times became the winner of the European Quality Award, twice it was recognized as the best in the country. The Astrakiev State Pedagogical University cooperates with the schools of Krasnoyarsk, and senior pupils have the opportunity to get acquainted with the work of the university without having finished school. In addition, the institute develops special projects, the so-called scientific schools, whose work is recognized by leading Russian scientists and specialists.
And how many creative teams live within the walls of the pedagogical! And dance teams, and vocalists, and of course, athletes. The university issues its own scientific journal, where the works of capable students are printed, and almost every faculty has its own newspaper.
In total, more than eighty doctors of sciences, more than three hundred candidates and 4 corresponding members of the Russian Academy of Education are working at the Astafiev Krasnoyarsk Pedagogical University. Students of all forms of study at the university more than eleven thousand.
Buildings and faculties
Now the University. Astafieva has five buildings. The most important one is located in the city center, on Ada Lebedeva Street, near the Central Market. Students of the faculty of foreign languages, physical education, philologists, biologists, geographers and chemists study there. The university administration, human resources department, library, and employment center are also located there.
Not far away, on the next street - Prospekt Mira, is the building of the former girls' gymnasium, the same one where the KSPU began its work in the distant thirties of the last century. Now, future elementary school teachers run to study there. And on Marx Street, the third central street of Krasnoyarsk, next to it is the building of the faculty of psychology and pedagogy. It is noteworthy because in the late fifties it was built exclusively by the students themselves.
Physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists study on Perenson Street - this is also the center of the city. In the same building there are workshops and laboratories so necessary for these specialists. But future historians, political scientists, religious scholars and social workers go to another district - to Vzletka (the building is located on Vzletnaya street, hence the name of the district). Their building is the newest among all five rooms of the university - it was built about thirty years ago. By the way, the Museum of Archeology and Ethnography of Siberia also found refuge there.
Prominent graduates
Here are just a few names of those who, before reaching certain heights in their field, studied at the walls of the Astafyev KSPU:
- Ivan Sergeevich Yarygin, athlete, Olympic champion.
- Boris Anatolyevich Chmykhalo, philologist, writer.
- Dmitry Georgievich Mindiashvili, freestyle wrestling coach.
- Ivan Alexandrovich Terskov, biophysicist.
- Alexander Moiseevich Gendin, philosopher, sociologist.
- Gennady Fedorovich Bykonya, professor, doctor of historical sciences.
Institute Facts
- Exactly 50 years after the opening, he was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor.
- In 1993, he became one of the first pedagogical universities in Russia (before that, an institute).
- In 2011, KSPU im. Astafyeva became the best socially oriented university in Russia.
- Collaborates with universities in other countries - France, Poland, Germany, Japan, Korea and China.
- It is one of the top 100 universities in Russia.
There are places where you go - and you feel comfortable, and do not want to leave. KSPU named after V.P. Astafyev is one of such places, within the walls of which it is comfortable even for those who do not study there. Isn’t having a welcoming atmosphere one of the most important qualities of a really good university?