Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies

Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies (russian: Московский институт востоковедения, abbreviated МИВ (''MIV'')) was a university-level educational institution that operated in Moscow, Russia, in 1920–1954. It was created as a result of merging

Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages The Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, ( hy, Լազարևի արևելյան լեզուների ինստիտուտ) established in 1815, was a school specializing in orientalism, with a particular focus on that of Armenia, and was the princi ...

and the Oriental studies departments in Moscow's other higher educational institutions. When the institute was closed in 1954, its Department of Indian Languages and Department of the Languages of the Near and Middle East have been transferred into

Moscow State Institute of International Relations Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) (russian: Московский государственный институт международных отношений (МГИМО), also known as MGIMO University) is an institute of ...

. Moscow Institute of Oriental Studies Educational institutions established in 1921 Universities and institutes established in the Soviet Union 1921 establishments in Russia {{Russia-university-stub