Since its inception, the Lesgaft Institute has been the center of the scientific and cultural life of our country. Many famous figures of Russian science have taught and are teaching here.
Pride of Russia
The National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Health named after P.F. Lesgaft was established on August 24, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.
The Institute is located in St. Petersburg on Dekabristov Street.
Rector of the Institute
The rector of the educational institution is Sergey Evgenievich Bakulev - a trainer and specialist in the field of contact martial arts. Sergey Evgenievich graduated from the Lesgaft Institute in the nineteen seventy-seventh year, currently holds the scientific title of candidate of pedagogical sciences, is a professor, honored trainer of Russia, and also holds the post of president of the Russian Women's Boxing Federation.
Bakulev continues his teaching activities and lectures to students on the training of athletes in kickboxing, taekwondo and boxing. He prepared a large number of methodological and scientific works widely used in the teaching activities of the institution.
History of the University
The Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture was founded by Professor Lesgaft with the money donated to him by philanthropist and philanthropist Innokenty Mikhailovich Sibiryakov. Anyone could come and listen to a course of very interesting lectures on the topics of natural sciences, and absolutely free of charge.
At the laboratory of courses, teachers and students created a huge zoological museum in which visitors could get acquainted with representatives of the fauna of Russia. In addition to the museum, large herbaria of flora from the northern latitudes of Russia, the Caucasus and Siberia were collected in the offices. In addition, the laboratories had original collections of minerals and rock deposits of all periods of the Earth's existence.
The Lesgaft Institute at the beginning of its activity already had several classrooms: histological, physiological, anatomical and embryological, within the walls of which students grasped knowledge, and there was also a chemical laboratory for experiments.
In the premises of the laboratory in nineteen ninety-sixth year, courses of teachers of physical education were founded. Each department of social, pedagogical and biological sciences and courses was designed for 4 years of study.
In 1889, the pedagogical council of the laboratory began publishing the popular science journal Izvestia Sankt-Peterburgskoi Biologicheskoy Lab, whose editor was P. F. Lesgaft himself.
University Awards
Lesgaft Institute of St. Petersburg over the years of teaching has been awarded orders and diplomas.
The very first high award awarded to an educational institution in the year nineteen thirty-fifth for high performance and exemplary work is the Order of Lenin.
In July of the same year, the Council of Workers' Deputies of the city of Leningrad awarded the Institute a banner for outstanding achievements in the field of sports and the training of young personnel.
In April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-two, the Lesgaft Institute (St. Petersburg) was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the excellent performance of combat missions during the war with the German invaders.
Lenin's honorary jubilee was awarded in April nineteen seventy for high performance in socialist competition.
And in January two thousand and eleven, the President of the Russian Federation expressed special gratitude for the enormous contribution to the development of education in the field of sports.
University academic achievements
The Lesgaft Institute is currently the only higher physical education institution in Russia that is part of the European Association of Physical Education Universities.
Glorious traditions and sporting achievements
Over the years, the university has trained outstanding graduates who have become champions and have won a total of more than one hundred and seventy gold medals at the Olympics, and in various world championships, students have won about seven hundred gold medals. Over five hundred graduates received the title of Honored Coaches in various sports.
Institute of Physical Culture Lesgaft is famous for having such luminaries of science as physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, physiologist and first Russian Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, physiologist Alexei Alekseevich Ukhtomsky, great historian Evgeny Viktorovich Tarle and many others.
Founder of the Institute Petr Frantsevich Lesgaft
The future biologist, anatomist, doctor and teacher was born on September 8, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seventh in St. Petersburg in a family of Germans who remained to live in Russia. His father, Peter Otto Lesgaft, was a jeweler and was a member of the Golden Arts Department. Being the owner of a small jewelry store, his father had a small income, which also affected the upbringing of the younger lad - his father taught him not only order, but also economy in everything. Peter's mother, Henrietta Adamovna, aroused in the boy from an early age a love of music. The upbringing of parents and the situation in the family laid in the boy such qualities as selflessness, respect for work, integrity - they became traits of his character and determined his whole future life.
Up to nine years, the future scientist underwent home schooling, and at the age of nine he was sent to the St. Petra. Studying was very easy for him, and at the same time he was a diligent student - he pored over books for a long time and faithfully completed assignments.
At the age of 17, the young man graduated from high school and his interest in medicine and chemistry was aroused. In the summer of that year, he became a freshman in the Medical and Surgical Academy. In the third year of the institute, he was so carried away by anatomy that he gave her all himself without a trace.
In the eighteen sixty-first year, Lesgaft successfully passed all the exams, while receiving a doctor’s degree. And Peter Frantsevich devoted his whole life to medicine.
On December 11, nineteen-ninth, the great scientist's heart stopped after a long illness. He was buried in the Volkovsky cemetery.
University structure
The university has five institutes. It:
- Institute of sports facilities and equipment.
- Institute of Economics and Social Innovation.
- Institute of Health and Sports Medical Assistance.
- Institute of International Sports and Educational Programs.
- Institute of adaptive physical education.
The current faculties of the Lesgaft Institute:
- faculty of summer sports;
- faculty of winter sports;
- Faculty of Non-Olympic Sports and Various Martial Arts;
- Faculty of Health and Rehabilitation;
- Faculty of Economics, Management and Law in the Sports Field;
- faculty of social and humanitarian profile;
- Faculty of Initial Training;
- Faculty of profiled training;
- Faculty of Educational and Professional Practices;
- Faculty of preparation for admission to the university;
- faculty of training scientific and pedagogical workers;
- Faculty of advanced training and reprofiling of personnel;
- Faculty of individual educational and sports technologies.
The duration of training is 4 years. The institute pays great attention to the continuous improvement of the information support of the educational and scientific process.
Institute Library
The library is one of the departments of the university and is located in the former princely palace. The value and pride of the library is a unique collection of rare books, which includes publications owned at one time by Lesgaft and his colleagues personally. They are devoted to questions of physical education, as well as to all disciplines studied at that time in courses.
Currently, the library serves about 17,000 visitors annually, and the number of books issued reaches half a million copies. The library owns about seven hundred thousand copies of books, various publications, methodological manuals, the bulk of which covers sports. The library introduced electronic book distribution.
On the territory of the library there is a Sportbook store. Buyers are offered a lot of literature on the topic of physical education and sports, on biomedical issues, psychology and economics in the field of sports. And also methodological and teaching aids of the institute staff are presented.
Dormitory
For nonresident students, the Lesgaft Institute provides a hostel, which is located on Prospectors Avenue.
Class duration and break
The lectures and classes last one and a half hours. A break between pairs is required - fifteen minutes. Also, students are provided with a lunch break of 30 minutes.
Reviews
Reviews about the Institute of Physical Education. Lesgaft is mostly positive. The enrolled students really like studying. The training base allows you to prepare world-class athletes, this is also facilitated by the teaching staff, consisting of honored masters of sports. Foreign citizens can also receive education, which increases the prestige of the institution.
But there are also negative reviews. For example, the parents of some students are very unhappy that when injuries occur in the classroom of their children, the student clinic does not always have the necessary equipment and medications for adequate treatment. In such cases, the injured are sent to the city hospital, and parents have to pay a considerable amount for the services of a doctor.
Budget or business unit
You can study at the institute at the budget department, having scored the required number of points upon admission, and you can also study at the commercial one, in which payment for study is carried out.