Khakassian State University named after N. F. Katanov (KhSU) (russian: Хакасский государственный университет имени Н. Ф. Катанова) is a

public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in owned by the state or receives significant public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private university. Whether a national universit ...

located in the city of

Abakan Abakan (russian: Абака́н, p=ɐbɐˈkan; Khakas: , ''Ağban''/, ''Abaxan'') is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia, Russia, located in the central part of Minusinsk Depression, at the confluence of the Yenisei and Abakan Rivers. A ...

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. It is the largest higher educational institution of the

Republic of Khakassia Khakassia (russian: Хакасия; kjh, Хакасия, Хакас Чирі, ''Khakasiya'', ''Khakas Çiri''), officially the Republic of Khakassia (russian: Республика Хакасия, r=Respublika Khakasiya, ; kjh, Хакас Рес ...

. The university cooperates with many universities in

Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

and provides training for foreign students. The main task of the university is to provide Khakassia and the south of the

Krasnoyarsk Krai Krasnoyarsk Krai ( rus, Красноя́рский край, r=Krasnoyarskiy kray, p=krəsnɐˈjarskʲɪj ˈkraj) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai), with its administrative center in the city of Krasnoyarsk, the third-largest city in Siber ...

, as well as

Tuva Tuva (; russian: Тува́) or Tyva ( tyv, Тыва), officially the Republic of Tuva (russian: Респу́блика Тыва́, r=Respublika Tyva, p=rʲɪˈspublʲɪkə tɨˈva; tyv, Тыва Республика, translit=Tyva Respublika ...

with highly qualified personnel.

History

The university was founded on April 16, 1939, on the initiative of the People's Commissariat of Education of the

RSFSR The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

as a teacher's institute. From September 1939, 100 students began to study pedagogical sciences. Their mentors were 15 teachers. The Institute had three faculties: Russian Language and Literature; historical; physical and mathematical; education lasted only two years, the main task was to train personnel for secondary schools in Khakassia. On February 10, 1944, the Abakan State Pedagogical Institute was opened on the basis of the teacher's institute. After 5 years of study, graduates became certified specialists and could work both in the USSR and abroad. In 1990, a special faculty for the training of practical psychologists was created at the ASPI and existed until 1996. Since 1992, the institute began teaching Chinese students. In the same year, the Abakan Pedagogical Institute was named after Nikolay Katanov, a Turkologist, folklorist, ethnographer, public figure, the first Khakassian scientist. On June 19, 1994, the institution was transformed into a state university. For 25 years of its activity, KhSU has produced about 50,000 specialists in various fields. Nowadays, there are 9 institutes in the structure of the university, where there are 30 bachelor's and 13 master's programs. There are also 4 colleges at KhSU. The university campus consists of 15 academic buildings and 10 hostels in the city center.

References

Literature

* Большой энциклопедический словарь Красноярского края reat Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Krasnoyarsk Krai/ гл. ред. А. П. Статейнов. Красноярск : Буква С, 2010. Т. 2 : �дминистративно-территориальное деление. Населенные пункты. Предприятия и организации pp. 473–474. 515 p. (in Russian).

External links

Official site
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