Pedagogical University

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PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY, Herzen Russian State Pedagogical University, situated at 48 Moika River Embankment. It originates from the Imperial Foster Home founded in 1797. Based on its classes, the Nikolaevsky Women Orphans' Institute was established in 1837, on the basis of which the Women Teachers' Institute was founded in 1903. A number of teachers' training institutions were united in 1921-25 to form the multidisciplinary Herzen Leningrad State Teachers' Institute, which received the status of a university and its present-day name in 1991. Among the organisers, lecturers, and researchers working at the university were K. M. Bykov, V. N. Verkhovsky, B. D. Grekov, V. A. Desnitsky, V. A. Dogel, P. A. Znamensky, A. F. Ioffe, N. M. Knipovich, V. L. Komarov, I. V. Kurchatov, S. F. Oldenburg, A. P. Pinkevich, I. I. Polyansky, B. E. Raykov, V. P. Semenov-Tyan-Shansky, V. V. Struve, E. V. Tarle, I. I. Tolstoy, A. E. Fersman, G. M. Fichtenholz, O. D. Khvolson, and Y. D. Shokalsky. There were the following departments in 2002: philology, social sciences, foreign languages, correctional teaching techniques, preschool education, scientific education, human philosophy, psychology of teaching, economics, mathematics, physics, geography, chemistry, biology, natural science, technology and entrepreneurship, fine arts, music, physical education, and health and safety. The university has six institutes, as well as branches in Vyborg, Volkhov, and Makhachkala. It cooperates a lot with international organisations taking part in international exchange and study abroad programs. The buildings that accommodate the university are notable architectural monuments of the early and high classicism. These include Razumovsky Palace at 48 Moika River Embankment, Stegelman's House at building 2 50 Moika River Embankment, the main building of the former Foster Home at 52 Moika River Embankment, the former Deaf and Dumb School at 54 Moika River Embankment, and the former Board of Trustees at 7 Kazanskaya Square built by architect G. Quarenghi in 1808-10 and rebuilt by architect P. S. Pavlov in 1834-38 and architect P. I. Tamansky in 1855-59.

References: Обзор документов по истории Ленинградского государственного ордена Трудового Красного Знамени педагогического института им. А. И. Герцена (1918-1967 гг.). Л., 1976; Педагогический университет им. А. И. Герцена: от Имп. Воспитат. дома до Рос. гос. пед. ун-та. СПб., 1997; Профессора Российского государственного педагогического университета имени А. И. Герцена в XX веке: Биогр. справ. СПб., 2000.

А. P. Kupaygorodskaya, V. G. Isachenko (buildings). Bykov Konstantin Mikhailovich
Desnitsky Vasily Alexandrovich
Dogel Valentin Alexandrovich
Fersman Alexander Evgenievich
Fichtenholz G.M.
Grekov Boris Dmitrievich
Herzen Alexander Ivanovich
Ioffe Abram Fedorovich
Khvolson Orest Danilovich
Knipovich Nikolay Mikhailovich
Komarov Vladimir Leontievich
Kurchatov Igor Vasilievich
Oldenburg Sergey Fedorovich
Pinkevich Albert Petrovich
Plavov Peter Sergeevich
Polyansky I.I.
Quarenghi Giacomo
Raykov Boris Evgenievich
Razumovsky Kirill Grigorievich, Count
Semenov-Tyan-Shansky Veniamin Petrovich
Shokalsky Yuly Mikhailovich
Stegelman
Struve Vasily Vasilievich
Tamansky Peter Ivanovich
Tarle Evgeny Viktorovich
Tolstoy Ivan Ivanovich
Verkhovsky Vadim Nikolaevich
Znamensky Peter Alexeevich
Kazanskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 7
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 48
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 52
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 54
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 50, litera корп. 2
Профессора Российского государственного педагогического университета имени А. И. Герцена в XX века: Биогр. справ. СПб., 2000
Обзор документов по истории Ленинградского государственного ордена Трудового Красного Знамени педагогического института им. А. И. Герцена (1918-1967 гг.). Л., 1976
Педагогический университет им. А. И. Герцена: от Имп. Воспитат. дома до Рос. гос. пед. ун-та. СПб., 1997 Boarding House of Education
Women’s Pedagogical Institute
Deaf-Mute School
Razumovsky Palace
Stegelman's House