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M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University ( University in Russia , founded in 1755 . As of 2004 , the university has some 4,000 staff teaching 31,000 students and 7,000 postgraduates. UNIVERSITY HISTORY The university was established on the instigation of Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov by a decree of Russian Empress Elizabeth dated January 25 (January 12 old style), 1755 . First lessons were held on April 26 . January 25 is still celebrated as the Students' Day In Russia . Originally allocated in the Principal Medicine Store on the Red Square , the university was transferred by Catherine The Great to the present Neoclassical building on the other side of the Mokhovaya Street. In the 18th century, the university included three departments — of Philosophy , Medicine , and Law . A college for future students was affiliated with the university before being abolished in 1812. In 1779, Mikhail Kheraskov founded a board school for noblemen (Благородный пансион), transformed into a gymnasium for Dvoryanstvo in 1830. The university press, run by Nikolay Novikov in the 1780s, published the most popular newspaper in Imperial Russia — '' Moskovskie Vedomosti ''. In 1905 a social-democratic organization was created at the university, calling for the tsar to be overthrown and for Russia to be turned into a republic. The Tsarist government repeatedly began closing the university. In 1911, in a protest of the introduction of troops onto the campus and mistreatment of certain professors, 130 scientists and professors resigned en masse, including prominent ones such as Nikolay Dimitrievich Zelinskiy , Pyotr Nikolaevich Lebedev and Sergei Alekseevich Chaplygin . Thousands of students were expelled in 1911 as well. After the October Revolution in 1917 , the school opened up to allow the children of the proletariat and peasants, not just those of the more well-to-do Petite Bourgeois . In 1919, tuition fees were done away with, and a preparatory facility was created for children of the Working Class so that they would be able to pass the admission examinations. The university was renamed in 1940 in honor of its founder Mikhail Lomonosov . MAIN BUILDING Since 1953 the main departments are situated on Sparrow Hills . It was designed by Architect Lev Vladimirovich Rudnev . In the post-war era, Stalin ordered Seven Huge Tiered Neoclassic Towers built around the city. The MSU main building was by far the largest. It was also the tallest building in Europe at that time. The central tower being 240m and 36-stories high, was flanked by four huge wings of student and faculty accommodations. It is said to contain a total of 33 kilometers of corridors and 5000 rooms. The star on the top is large enough to provide a small room and a viewing platform; it weighs 12 tons. The building's facades are ornamented with giant clocks, barometers, and thermometers, statues, carved wheat sheaves and Soviet crests. It stands before a terrace featuring statues of male and female students gazing optimistically and confidently into the future. The building has coordinates : 55°42'10'' N and 37°31'50'' E. DEPARTMENTS | ||
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