Tatar State University of Humanities and Education (russian: Татарский государственный гуманитарно-педагогический университет, tt-Cyrl, Татар дәүләт гуманитар-педагогика университеты) is a university in

Kazan Kazan ( ; rus, Казань, p=kɐˈzanʲ; tt-Cyrl, Казан, ''Qazan'', IPA: ɑzan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka rivers, covering a ...

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. It was formed in 2005 by a merger of several institutions, some which had a particular focus on the use of

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

as a medium of instruction or the study of the language itself, for example the Kazan State Pedagogical University and Tatar State Humanities Institute (the latter created in 1996 with the purpose of expanding Tatar-language higher education). The university is considered a successor to Kazan State Pedagogical University, the third oldest pedagogical university in Russia, after

Moscow State Pedagogical University Moscow State Pedagogical University or Moscow State University of Education is an educational and scientific institution in Moscow, Russia, with eighteen faculties and seven branches operational in other Russian cities. The institution had underg ...

and

Hertzen Russian State Pedagogical University Herzen University, or formally the Russian State Pedagogical University in the name of A. I. Herzen (russian: Российский государственный педагогический университет имени А. И. Герце� ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

About

The university was founded as the Kazan Teachers Institute (russian: Казанский учительский институт), on October 24, 1876 in

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

, with the goal of preparing teachers for work in city high schools. In the wake of the

Russian Revolution The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...

, it was reorganized as the Kazan Teachers Institute in 1918.ГАУ при КМ РТ, НА РТ. ''Путеводитель.'
"Казанский учительский институт"
/ref> It was subsequently renamed Eastern Pedagogical Institute (1922), Tatar Pedagogical Institute (1931), Kazan State Pedagogical Institute (1934), and Kazan State Pedagogical University (1994). Over its history, the university's structure, role, and name have changed with the vagaries of nationalities policy, but it maintained its status as the region's leading institution for teaching. In 2005, the Tatar State Humanities University, Tatar-American Regional Institute, and Kazan State Pedagogical University merged, forming the present Tatar State University of Humanities and Education.ТГГПУ
"История университета"
. The 2005 merger created four new faculties, bringing the total to sixteen, with 28 majors and a total enrollment of more than 15,000 students.ТГГПУ
"Университет сегодня"
. In accordance with the

Republic of Tatarstan The Republic of Tatarstan (russian: Республика Татарстан, Respublika Tatarstan, p=rʲɪsˈpublʲɪkə tətɐrˈstan; tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Республикасы), or simply Tatarstan (russian: Татарстан, tt ...

's language policies and the university's role in Tatar education, some faculties offer lectures and coursework in both

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

and

Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different

. Part of the fourth year of undergraduate study is an internship in the field of study, often including student teaching.

References

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