Orenburg State Pedagogical University (OSPU; russian: Оренбургский государственный педагогический университет; ОГПУ, ''Orenburgskiy gosudarstvennyy pedagogicheskiy universitet''; ''OGPU'') is a state

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

Volga Federal District Volga (Privolzhsky) Federal District (russian: Приво́лжский федера́льный о́круг, ''Privolzhsky federalny okrug'') is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It forms the southeastern part of European Russia. ...

of Russia located in the city of

Orenburg Orenburg (russian: Оренбу́рг, ), formerly known as Chkalov (1938–1957), is the administrative center of Orenburg Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Ural River, southeast of Moscow. Orenburg is also very close to the Kazakhstan-Russia bor ...

, the administrative centre of

Orenburg Oblast Orenburg Oblast (russian: Оренбургская область, ''Orenburgskaya oblast'') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Orenburg. From 1938 to 1957, it bore the name ''Chkalov Oblast'' () ...

History

''Orenburg State Pedagogical University'' is the oldest university in the Orenburg Oblast, as well as the second oldest

higher education Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...

al institution in the region after the ''Orenburg Theological Seminary'', founded in 1884. The history of the university begins in 1915, when a ''Teacher's institute'' was opened in Orenburg. On 19 October 1919, the ''Orenburg Institute of Public Education'' was founded on the basis of this institute. By a resolution of the Commission of the

Council of People's Commissars The Councils of People's Commissars (SNK; russian: Совет народных комиссаров (СНК), ''Sovet narodnykh kommissarov''), commonly known as the ''Sovnarkom'' (Совнарком), were the highest executive authorities of ...

of the

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

dated 8 July 1930, it was renamed to the ''Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute''. In 1938–1957, the city of Orenburg was called Chkalov (in honor of the

Soviet Air Force The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...

pilot

Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo ...

), so the institute in those years was called ''Chkalov State Pedagogical Institute named after V. P. Chkalov''. By order of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation No. 516 dated 23 December 1996, the ''Orenburg State Pedagogical Institute named after V.P. Chkalov'' was renamed to the ''Orenburg State Pedagogical University''. As of 2022, the ''OSPU'' had graduated more than 48 thousand specialists.

Educational and operational activities

The institute includes 7 faculties (Physical and mathematical; Historical; Philological; Foreign languages; Psychology; Pedagogy and methods of primary and preschool education; Social pedagogy), as well as two institutes (Institute of Natural Science and Economics; Institute of Physical Culture and Sports).

References

Sources

External links

Official site
{{authority control Buildings and structures in Orenburg Universities and colleges established in 1915 1915 establishments in the Russian Empire Universities in Volga Region Teachers colleges in Russia