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🎓 Today the 270th anniversary of the Lomonosov Moscow State University is celebrated in Russia. It was founded by the decree of Empress Elizabeth on the proposal of Russian scientist Mikhail Lomonosov. ✍️ According to Lomonosov's plan, there were originally three faculties. First all the students acquired a comprehensive knowledge in the field of science and humanities at the Faculty of Philosophy; then they could specialize and continue at the Faculty of Philosophy or join either the Law Faculty or The Faculty of Medicine. Lectures were delivered either in Latin, the language of educated people at the time, or in Russian. ✍️ From 1755 to 1787 the University occupied the Principal Medicine Store (current State Historical Museum on the Red Square), Catherine the Great transferred it to a newly constructed neoclassical building on Mokhovaya Street. The present-day MSU’s main building, one of the famous Moscow “Seven Sisters” skyscrapers, was inaugurated in 1953. 🇷🇺 Today the MSU is a major traditional educational institution in Russia, with the total number of students exceeding 40,000. As one of the pillars of fundamental education, the University has made a significant contribution to developing international humanitarian cooperation, raising a constellation of outstanding scientists and scholars, state persons, politicians and public figures holding various posts in foreign countries. There have been 11 Nobel Prize winners among its professors and alumni. 🎉Happy birthday, MSU! #MSU270#MSU_1755

🎓 The 270th anniversary of the Lomonosov Moscow State University is celebrated in Russia. 🇷🇺 Moscow State University, the first Russian university, was founded in 1755 on the initiative of Mikhail Lomonosov, an outstanding scientist of the Enlightenment, whose unsettled encyclopedic mind and energy gave the inner impetus to the project. From the very beginning, elitism was alien to the spirit of the university, shaping its long-standing democratic tradition. Students irrespective of their background have always been welcomed to the University, where they go on to become renowned alumni—famous scientists and scholars. Today, the focus is on advancing applied sciences: new materials, genetics, biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, cognitive sciences, ecology, and information technologies. The University works hard to preserve its heritage while developing traditions of a comprehensive approach to higher education and science. Moscow State University has a rich academic history. There have been 11 Nobel Prize winnersamong its professors and alumni. Yet the major commitment remains unchanged for centuries: to provide outstanding teaching, scholarship and research. What truly makes the University so lively is its intellectual spirit combined with inexhaustible curiosity. The doors of the University remain open to anyone who strives for new discoveries, creativity, and self-improvement. #MSU270#MSU_1755