Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University named after V. P. Astafyev (KSPU) (russian: Красноярский государственный педагогический университет имени В. П. Астафьева) is a

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located in the city of

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

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, one of the oldest and largest in

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. Founded in 1932 as a pedagogical institute. Received university status in 1993.Иванов В. П., Чистяков Н. С. Красноярский государственный педагогический университет // Енисейский энциклопедический словарь

eniseysk Encyclopedic Dictionary Yeniseysk ( rus, Енисейск, p=jɪnʲɪˈsʲejsk) is a town in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. Population: 20,000 (1970). History Yeniseysk was founded in 1619 as a stockaded town—the first town on the Yenisei ...

/ Гл. ред. Н. И. Дроздов. Красноярск: КОО Ассоциация «Русская энциклопедия», 1998. p. 312. 736 p. ISBN 5-88329-005-1. (in Russian). Today it is one of the largest universities in Krasnoyarsk along with the

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and the Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology.

History

KSPU was founded in 1932 by the Decree of the Council of People's Commissars of the

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No. 289 as the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical Institute. The institute had four departments, which accepted 118 students, as well as 50 students of the working faculty. It was located in the building of the former women's gymnasium. Its historical predecessor is considered to be the Krasnoyarsk Institute of Public Education, which existed in Krasnoyarsk in 1920–1924 and was attached to the

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Institute of Public Education. In 1935, a correspondence department was opened at KSPI. The Teachers' Institute was also created in the structure of the KSPI. In 1982, KSPI was awarded the

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. In December 1994, the Institute was transformed into the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University. Since 1999, the writer

Viktor Astafyev Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev (russian: Ви́ктор Петро́вич Аста́фьев; 1 May 1924 – 29 November 2001), was a Soviet and Russian writer, playwright and screenwriter. He was recognized with th ...

has been an honorary professor of the KSPU. Since January 28, 2004, the Krasnoyarsk State Pedagogical University has been named after him. In 2005, the university entered the top 100 universities in Russia. It was also awarded the European Quality of Education medal. The scientists of KSPU achieved the greatest success in

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and

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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. 190–191. 515 p. (in Russian).

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