Lenin studied here. At Kazan University, the hall where Lenin began his revolutionary path became the imperial hall Kazan University - from history

Documents and photographs related to the Kazan period of Ilyich's life are carefully stored in the room-museum of V. I. Lenin of Kazan State University. The exhibits are located in the former audience number 7, where Vladimir Ilyich listened to lectures on the history of Russian law. They tell us about the arrival of 17-year-old Ulyanov in August 1887 in Kazan with the aim of entering the university. But the leadership of this educational institution treated the young Vladimir Ulyanov, as a member of the Ulyanov family, very wary. At the request of Vladimir Ilyich to enroll him in the Faculty of Law, the rector of the university imposed a resolution: "Delay until a reference is received."

And only after a positive response has been received. Vladimir Ilyich was accepted as a student. ^

The museum room contains the original list of "Students of the Imperial Kazan University", which indicates. that Ulyanov Vladimir entered the university on August 13, 1887.

From the first days of his stay at the university, Vladimir Ilyich became an active participant in the student movement, quickly gaining authority among students. He takes an active part in the work of the Simbirsk-Samara community, which, along with other communities, was an illegal student organization.

In the same 1887 in Kazan, with the active participation of Vladimir Ilyich, a revolutionary circle of students from the university and the veterinary institute was created, which formed the leading core, which held the famous student gathering-demonstration on December 4 (16), 1887.

In the secret report of the trustee of the Kazan educational district to the department of public education, a photocopy of which is stored in the museum room, we read that V. I. Ulyanov “two days before the meeting gave reason to suspect him of preparing something bad, ... in the smoking room. talking with the most suspicious students, he went home and returned again, brought something at the request of others and ... behaved very strangely. December 4 rushed to the assembly hall. ... waving his hands, as if wishing to inspire others with this ... ".

Kazan University, at the request of the authorities, was closed for two months, and students expelled from the university for participating in the meeting were immediately expelled from the city.

Vladimir Ilyich was also expelled from the university for his active participation in the meeting. arrested on the night of December 4-5, 1887 in his apartment (now Komleva street, house number 15). imprisoned, and then sentenced to exile in the village of Kokushkino (now Lenino, Pestrechinsky district) under the covert supervision of the police.

The Kazan governor, in his secret order dated January 27, 1888, to the Dantev Laish police officer, prescribes: “Immediately, upon receipt of this, establish the strictest secret surveillance of the mentioned Ulyanov, and it is necessary to keep in mind not only him, but also the persons visiting him, as well as always have accurate and detailed information - with whom he is and will be in correspondence ... ".

So, being a 17-18-year-old boy. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin firmly chose the path of revolutionary struggle for himself and received his first revolutionary baptism at Kazan University.

Kazan State University acquired a painting by a young Kazan artist Ismagil Khaliulov - "The First Arrest of V. I. Ulyanov (Lenin)", which vividly shows this event. In the center of the picture is young Vladimir Pliich. His face is spiritualized by a deep consciousness of his just cause. The view of a man who has chosen his life path as a revolutionary in the name of liberating the working people from the yoke of capitalism is clear and firm.

Other exhibits of the room-museum of Kazan State University say that Vladimir Ilyich. while in exile, he continued to study seriously. During the same period, Vladimir Ilyich got acquainted with the activities of Plekhanov's "Labor Emancipation Group".

In October 1888, V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin received permission to return to Kazan, where his mother lived with her younger children.

V. I. Lenin is drawn to knowledge, repeatedly tries to resume his interrupted studies, but, as we read in the documents, a concise answer is put on all his petitions: “reject”.

Vladimir Pliich deeply studies the works of Marx and Engels. including - the main work of Marx "Capital"

In the museum room there is a painting by the Kazan artist A. Golubev, in which we see a young Ulyanov-Lenin, deeply thinking about the opened volume of Capital by K. Marx.

"Capital" by K. Marx made an indelible impression on the young man Vladimir Ulyanov. “He is with great fervor and enthusiasm,” recalls A.P. Ulyanova-Yelizarova. - told me about the foundations of Marx's theory and about the new horizons that it opened up ... ".

With excitement, visitors enter Kazan University, into the room-museum of V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin. They listen with deep interest to the story of VI Lenin's stay in Kazan, about the beginning of his revolutionary activity. Up to 10,000 visitors visit the Lenin Room every year.

Students of Kazan State University sacredly honor the memory of V. N. Ulyanov-Lenin. Every year, on Lenin Days, they make a traditional ski trip along the Kazan-Lenivo-Kazan route, and talk about V. I. Lenin in nearby collective farms.

With a special feeling of excitement and pride in their university, first-year students enter here. They carefully and deeply get acquainted with the materials of the museum. Many of them showed good knowledge at seminars on the basics of Marxism-Leninism when studying the topic: "The beginning of the revolutionary activity of V. I. Lenin and I. V. Stalin."

The students are proud of it. that they study within the walls of Kazan University, where the great leader of all workers V. I. Lenin began his revolutionary activity. So, on December 16, 1952, students of the 17th group of the Geological Faculty of the first year wrote in the book of otayvs:

“... visiting the room-museum of V. I. Lenin

we once again recalled in our memory the days of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin's stay in

the walls of the university. The image of a courageous fighter for the bright future of the oppressed peoples has again risen before our eyes. We are proud that we are students of the university where Lenin studied, we walk along those corridors along which he walked. We will make every effort to justify the title of students of the university bearing the name of V. I. Lenin.”

“Our long-awaited dream is to visit the places where the great Lenin studied. — came true. A visit to the room-museum of V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin made an indelible impression on us. For the rest of our lives we will remember those unforgettable moments that we spent within these walls.

The university becomes even closer and dearer to us from the realization that the founder of the world's first socialist state, the genius of mankind, studied here.

An entry by a first-year student of the Faculty of Law, Margarita Zykova, made on September 3, 1952, reads:

“My dream was to see the auditorium where the greatest man in the world, V. I. Lenin, studied. This dream has come true. How much pride for my people, for my leader Comrade Stalin, I experienced. when I went into the auditorium where Lenin studied.

Here, in front of the portrait of Vladimir Ilyich, I give my word to carry everything in my heart with honor. what was so dear to Lenin and what became so dear to me ..

Many thanks to the Party and to Comrade Stalin for the fact that I study at the university. Where did Vladimir Ilyich study?

Tourists from Moscow, Leningrad, Central Asia, Georgia, almost all cities of the Volga region, from Bashkiria, Khabarovsk, Sakhalin visited the Lenin room. Ural, Buryat-Mongolia. Stavropol and other parts of the Soviet Union.

Comrade V. Khvaragadze, a teacher at the Tbilisi 31st Women's School, writes:

“I am a native of the mountains. Gori Georgian SSR. with her daughter visited Kazan State University, where the great leader and teacher V. I. Lenin studied. We are infinitely glad and happy. I will work with even greater strength and energy to educate the younger generation—the future builders of communist society.”

Records of Stalin Prize laureates speak of the feeling of deep excitement associated with visiting the Lenin Museum Room. Stakhanovists Lidia Korabelnikova and Fyodor Kuznetsv, Honored Master of Sports of the USSR, champion of the International Olympic Games Udodov. women's basketball team of the voluntary sports society "Stroitel", which is the champion of Europe. students of the Uzbek University. Alisher Navoi, Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute. Moscow Higher Technical School. Bauman, students of the Gorky Pedagogical Institute, participants of the Second Interregional Scientific Student Conference. workers, employees, school students, etc.

Visitors, leaving the museum room, take with them the bright image of the leader, whose example they vow to follow.

N. ALEKSEEVA.

Head of the room-museum of V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin of Kazan State University

Kazan (Privolzhsky) Federal University is one of eight Russian federal universities. The oldest university in Russia, after Moscow. It is an object of cultural heritage of R.F.

From the moment of its formation by Alexander I in 1804 until the revolution of 1917, it was called the "Imperial Kazan University". The building of the First Imperial Gymnasium was transformed into a university, and the street was called Pokrovskaya. The building was built in 1789, designed by the architect F. Emelyanov, the customer was the landowner Molostov. IN AND. Ulyanov-Lenin.

Decree of the President of Russia D.A. Medvedev in 2009, on the basis of the university, the main university of the Volga Federal District, the Volga Federal University, was created. As a result of the protests of students and teachers related to the renaming of the university, the presidents of Russia and Tatarstan decided to keep the historical name "Kazan University". In 2010, the Chairman of the Government of Russia issued an order to assign the official name to the university - Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University.

The main educational buildings of the university are located on the campus in the center of Kazan. The university accepted its first students in February 1805. In 1814, the university had 4 departments of physical and mathematical sciences, medical sciences, verbal sciences and moral and political sciences.

In 1825 the main university building was rebuilt. By 1830, the university had the buildings of a library, an anatomical theater, a chemical laboratory, an astronomical observatory, a clinic, etc. The university became one of the centers of education and science in Russia.

The names of many famous scientists who taught or studied at the university are associated with the university: astronomer Simonov, the founder of non-Euclidean geometry Lobachevsky, K. Klaus, who discovered ruthenium, Butlerov, Gromeka, Zavoisky, Altshuler and many other scientists known in their fields.

Among the university students were: L.N. Tolstoy, Melnikov-Pechersky, V.I. Ulyanov, A.I. Rykov, M.A. Balakirev, S. Aksakov, V. Khlebnikov, G. Derzhavin, V. Panaev, I. Shishkin, A. Arbuzov and others.

At present, Kazan Federal University is a multidisciplinary university of the classical type. It trains specialists of different specialties for various fields of activity. It includes 15 faculties. The university includes research institutes, laboratories, two astronomical observatories, a publishing house, and an information technology center. Scientific Library. Lobachevsky has rich funds. Its funds included the collections of Grigory Potemkin and Vasily Polyansky. It contains the most valuable manuscripts, manuscripts and ancient books. It has about five million books and eleven reading rooms. K(P)FU has extensive international connections with more than 40 universities around the world.

Kazan State University (KSU) traces its history back to 1804. Truly one of the oldest and most beautiful universities in Russia. The founding date is November 5 (17 according to the new style), 1804, when Emperor Alexander I signed the Letter of Approval and the Charter of the Kazan Imperial University. It is located in the very center of Kazan, so I think it’s definitely worth seeing, being a tourist or a guest of the city, the imperial alma mater. Moreover, it is located not far from the Kazan Arbat - Bauman Street, on the Kremlin Street, also a very beautiful and ancient Kazan street. Many great scientists worked at the University: Butlerov, Arbuzov, Lobachevsky, who was the first rector of the Kazan Imperial University, and many other great names.

From the moment of its formation by Alexander I in December 1804 until the 1917 revolution, it was called the "Imperial Kazan University". The building of the First Imperial Gymnasium was transformed into a university, and the street was called Pokrovskaya. The building was built in 1789, designed by the architect F. Emelyanov, the customer was the landowner Molostov.The buildings in the courtyard of the university are the work of one architect - Korinfsky M.P. This complex of university buildings was designed when the rector of the university N.I. Lobachevsky in 1832-1838. Lobachevsky is not only a great geometer, but also an excellent rector and builder of the university.After the death of Lenin in 1924, it became known as the KSU named after I.I. IN AND. Ulyanov-Lenin.

The university is known for the fact that famous scientists studied and worked here: astronomer Simonov, founder of non-Euclidean geometry Lobachevsky, K. Klaus, who discovered ruthenium, Zinin, Butlerov, Gromeka, Bekhterev, Lesgaft, Zavoisky, Altshuler, father and son Arbuzov and many other scientists famous in their fields.

Among the university students were: L.N. Tolstoy, Melnikov-Pechersky, V.I. Ulyanov, A.I. Rykov, M.A. Balakirev, S. Aksakov, V. Khlebnikov, G. Derzhavin, V. Panaev, I. Shishkin and others.

If Russia is destined, as the great Peter foresaw, to transfer the West to Asia and acquaint Europe with the East, then there is no doubt that Kazan is the main caravanserai on the way of European ideas to Asia and the Asian character to Europe. Kazan University understood this. If he had limited his vocation to the dissemination of one European science, his significance would have remained secondary; for a long time he could not catch up not only with German universities, but with ours, for example, Moscow and Derpt; and now he stands beside them, having taken his original place, which belongs to him by his place of birth.

Herzen, Letter from the Province (1836)

Already in the first decades of its existence, it became a major center of education and science. It formed a number of scientific directions and schools (mathematical, chemical, medical, linguistic, geological, geobotanical, etc.). The university is especially proud of its outstanding scientific discoveries and achievements: the creation of non-Euclidean geometry (N.I. Lobachevsky), the discovery of the chemical element ruthenium (K.K. Klaus), the creation of the theory of the structure of organic compounds (A.M. Butlerov), the discovery of the electronic paramagnetic resonance (E. K. Zavoisky), the discovery of acoustic paramagnetic resonance (S. A. Altshuler) and many others.

Since its foundation, more than 70 thousand specialists have been trained at the university. Among the university students were outstanding scientists, as well as representatives of culture, public figures: S. T. Aksakov, M. A. Balakirev, P. I. Melnikov-Pechersky, Mikhail Minsky, D.L. Mordovtsev, L. N. Tolstoy, V. I. Ulyanov-Lenin, V. Khlebnikov, N. A. Bush, V. F. Zalesky and others.

Well-known figures of Tatar science and culture collaborated with scientific societies of the university: Kayum Nasyri, Shihabutdin Marjani and others.

Kazan University, its faculties became the basis for the opening and development of more than ten universities in the Volga region. So, in 1930, the medical faculty of KSU was transformed into the Kazan State Medical Institute.

Kazan (Privolzhsky) Federal University is one of eight Russian federal universities. The oldest university in Russia, after Moscow. It is an object of cultural heritage of the Russian Federation.

I will tell you how to get to Kazan University and what to see on the territory of the university.

Let's figure it out first how to get to Kazan University. You can get there by public transport to the stops "Tukaya Square" or to "University". In general, it is convenient to watch all buses in the 2gis system in Kazan, I advise you.

In general, ask the conductors how you can get to a particular stop, if you are going from your hotel, which is not located in the center, they will be happy to tell you. Below I present you a map of how to get from the stop to the complex of Kazan University, which you can see.

Marked on the map:

Stop "Tukay Square"

Here I present the most convenient, from my point of view, route of walking around the University campus. Here you can see and Anatomical theater of KSU, the Observatory at KSU, faculties of the University and a cozy inner courtyard. I'm very happy that everything kept clean and tidy. So a big request, respect work and cleanliness!
However I warn you right away: tourists are not always allowed into the territory of KSU. There are guards at the entrance and exit (on T-shirts it is written with the now fashionable word - security), which may require a pass, and in the absence of it - do not let them into the territory.


	Campus map
Marked on the map: Entrance to the courtyard of KSU Exit from the courtyard of KSU Staircase to the courtyard of KSU Observatory at KSU Anatomical theater	1. Main building 2. Second building 3. Physical body 4. Building of the Faculty of Geology 5. Chemical Institute. A. Butlerova 6. Faculty of ZhS 7. NIHI them. A. Butlerova 8. The old building of the library. N. Lobachevsky 9. The new building of the library. N. Lobachevsky	10. CIT Building, Institute of Oriental Studies, Confucius Institute 11. Anatomical theater 12. "Mechanic" 13. "Geometric" 14. Cryogenic laboratory 15. Department of Astronomy 16a. UNICS "cultural" 16b. UNICS "sports" 17 Frying pan 18 Former chapel of the old university clinic

Let's start the excursion to Kazan University from the center, from the Ring. Now it is Vakhitov Square with two hills. On one hill there is a monument to the Tatar revolutionary Mullanur Vakhitov, after whom the square is named, on the other - the Kazan Financial and Economic Institute (KFEI) with the famous staircase covered with legends.

We turn to the Trade Union. The high-rise buildings of the university are visible from many points in the city. In the center of the frame is the physics department building. We pass 100 meters to the intersection -

And here it is, University Street. Onwards and upwards, to the top of the hill, to the heights of knowledge! The university is located on the top of an elongated hill, very similar to a rampart.

Next, a few photos with some comments on the main objects of the courtyard of Kazan University. The patio is very cozy. Clean, beautiful, around large old massive buildings, executed in a mixture of classicism and other styles of architecture. Everywhere is sunny. There are benches for students.

This is a weather station.

Here it is, the courtyard of the university from the eastern gate opposite Lobachevsky Square. Ahead is the department of astronomy.

Sundial

Outbuilding near the gate, where Lobachevsky lived. Behind him is the 2nd building.

One of the laboratories of the Physics Department.

The University has a department of astronomy, which was opened in 1820. And on the territory of the University there is an observatory. Previously, everyone was allowed there, now only university students, unfortunately the entrance is closed to outsiders.

View of the building of the Department of Astronomy from Astronomicheskaya Street.

The old building of the library named after N.I. Lobachevsky from the north side.

Library on the south side.

Anatomical theatre. The Anatomical Theater is a unique monument of Russian classicism of the 19th century.
The building was founded on June 11, 1834. At the moment, the building belongs to the Kazan Medical University (KSMU) and has become more of a museum than what it was before. There are tours for tourists inside the building, so if you are interested, welcome!

Square in front of the anatomical theater. The south side of the library is visible. Lobachevsky laid the foundation for the library with a long-range vision - enough for almost 150 years.

The building of the chemical institute of the university. The entire facade is hung with memorial plaques in honor of scientists belonging to the famous Kazan school of chemists: Klaus, Zinin, Butlerov, Markovnikov, Zaitsev, Flavitsky, father and son Arbuzov.

Western wings of the Main Building facing the courtyard.

Wing, which previously housed the laboratories of the Faculty of Medicine.

Building belonging to the Medical University.

Faculty of Physics, squeezed by the century-old walls of the university!

And, by the way, the complex of Kazan Federal University is located on the elevated part of Kazan, thus. the entire campus of the University stands as if on a hill, from where a panorama of the lower lying streets of Kazan opens. You can even see the Bell Tower of the Epiphany. Usually here, many are photographed, as if leaning on the bell tower.

Exit from the courtyard of the main University in Kazan. Library gate. N. Lobachevsky. Closed now unfortunately. It used to be very convenient - from the old library building we ran straight to the National Library, or to classes ...

It is noteworthy that on the forged gate in the very center (in the photo below you can see) a monogram KIU, which means Kazan Imperial University- this is the name it bears from the very beginning, from the day it was founded in 1804.

National Library of the Republic of Tatarstan. Behind it is another high-rise educational building of KSU.

Monument to Lobachevsky in the park of the same name.

The building of the Faculty of Chemistry.

Faculty of Chemistry KFU expects restructuring

Monument to the physicist E.K. Zavoisky, the discoverer of paramagnetic resonance

In the courtyard of the physics faculty

Well-known figures of Tatar science and culture collaborated with scientific societies of the university: Kayum Nasyri, Shihabutdin Marjani and others.

The university educational and scientific complex includes a scientific library, research institutes of chemistry, mathematics and mechanics, 7 museums, a botanical garden, two astronomical observatories, an information technology center, a publishing house, a center and a laboratory for operational printing, a cultural and sports complex, a sports and health camp, etc.

More than 16,000 students study at the university in 40 specialties and 7 directions, 615 graduate students. The teaching staff consists of 1137 people, including 208 professors and doctors of sciences, 585 associate professors and candidates of sciences.

At the opposite end of Kremlevskaya Street, not far from the Kazan Kremlin, is the building of the Faculty of Geology, which I graduated in 1972 with a degree in " geophysical methods of prospecting and exploration of mineral deposits ".

The building of the Faculty of Geology of Kazan State University - the main entrance

From the Faculty of Geology we return to the Main Building of the University

UNICS is a universal concert and sports complex of the university. To the right are the columns of the Main Building from the side of the street. Kremlin, left "frying pan" with a monument to the most famous Kazan student Volodya Ulyanov. The university has a stormy and extraordinary past and a wonderful present!

Across from the Main Building is a place referred to by the students as "the frying pan". Here is a monument to the young V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) - a university student.

View of the Main building of KSU from the south.

Monument to one of the rectors of the university, professor of physics Nuzhin.

Entrance to the main building. Young Vladimir Ulyanov and the equally young and impulsive Levushka Tolstoy studied at the Faculty of Law here (he studied history). Both did not complete their course of study at the university.
View from the "frying pan" (this is how our university calls the area with stone benches around the monument to Volodya Ulyanov - snow quickly melts here and young students and lovers spend hours basking and roasting in the spring sun).

Monument to the great chemist Butlerov. It is at the beginning of the Leninsky garden on Pushkin street, almost at the descent from the 2nd building.

Stairs to the 2nd building and the library from the Leninsky garden

The main building of the library. N. Lobachevsky. Reading rooms and a book depository with pneumatic mail, such a miracle of technology was not even in the National Library. For its time, at the turn of the 70s - 80s, the library was ultra-modern. And even now, having toiled in the National Library, I recall with nostalgia our "reader" ...

The assembly hall of one of the oldest universities in the country - Kazan Federal University - was renamed the Imperial Hall of KFU. As Realnoe Vremya has learned, this decision was made at the last meeting of the Academic Council of the university in 2016, chaired by the rector of the university, Ilshat Gafurov. The proposal was accepted by a majority vote.

Back to the roots

One of the first to announce the renaming of the assembly hall on his official Facebook page was Associate Professor of KFU Dmitry Tumanov. “The assembly hall of the main building has disappeared at the Kazan Federal University. Disappeared instantly. January 12, 2017. With one stroke of the pen, the rector, on the basis of the decision of the Academic Council of December 29, 2016, issued Order No. 01-03 / 21 on renaming it into the Imperial Hall of KFU,” the teacher writes.

The press service of the university explained to Realnoe Vremya that the assembly hall of the main building of KFU has been unofficially called "imperial" for a long time. “In connection with the repair work, a lot of high-quality, beautiful halls appeared at the university. For example, at the Institute of Economics, at the Philological Institute, and in any institute, in fact, there is a good hall. And each time we had to specify in which of the assembly halls this or that event would take place. Since he (assembly hall - approx. ed.) is historical in our country, it was decided to give it a proper name, and this decision has long been discussed at the administrations,” said Kamill Gareev, a representative of the university.

Auditorium. Second half of the nineteenth century

According to him, various names were discussed. “The Alexander Hall, the Imperial Hall, it could have been the Historical Hall, it could have been a long incomprehensible name - the assembly hall of the main building of the Museum of the History of Kazan Federal University. In the end, we went from what people all heard. It was always unofficially called "Imperial", and the Academic Council voted for such a name," Gareev specified.

Combining two stories

“I don’t quite understand why this is (renaming the hall - approx. ed.) made. Because this hall entered the history of KFU as an “assembly hall”. It was active throughout history, even Soviet, it was what unites two stories - pre-revolutionary and revolutionary, ”says Lyubov Ageeva, editor-in-chief of the Kazan Stories magazine.

“At one time there was a serious scandal when Stella Vladimirovna (Stella Pisareva - the creator and director of the Museum of the History of Kazan University - approx. ed.) wanted to hang a portrait of the emperor there, which was opposed by many, ”recalls Ageeva. - Today, everything is in harmony - the hall, chairs and a portrait are restored. This hall today is at the same time a real hall that serves the interests of the audience, but it is also a memorial one, and I thought that this was enough for this hall to occupy a certain place in the history of the university and the city,” Realnoe Vremya’s interlocutor said.

Political scientist, director of the Institute of Globalization and Social Movements (Moscow) Boris Kagarlitsky also commented on the appearance of the Imperial Hall in Kazan:

As you can imagine, I cannot rejoice at the restoration of monarchical symbols and names in a country that still continues to call itself a republic. In fact, however, it very well reflects the meaning of the modern era, reaction time. It can be called the era of the Restoration, by analogy with what happened in England in the 17th century or in France in the 19th century. It is well known how these restorations ended - new revolutions.

The first President of Russia B.N. Yeltsin leaves an entry in the book of honored guests of Kazan University. 2002

From those in power to poets

Over the 200-year history, the assembly hall of the university has received many guests of honor. He more than once witnessed the bright pages in the history of Kazan University associated with the names of great people. So, in different years it was visited by Boris Yeltsin, Viktor Chernomyrdin, Presidents of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the People's Republic of China, Presidents of Finland, Turkey, Turkmenistan; as well as academicians of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Nobel Prize winners, artists. Students of the 1920s remembered the meeting with Vladimir Mayakovsky on January 24, 1927. Almost half a century later, the poem "Kazan University" was performed from the same stage by the author - Yevgeny Yevtushenko.

The exact date of the opening of the hall is unknown, according to some sources, it happened in the summer of 1825; In anticipation of a visit to Kazan by Emperor Alexander I, the decoration of all interior premises was completed and everything was prepared to receive the distinguished guest, but the emperor did not arrive in Kazan.

In July 1941, the hall was turned into a hostel for evacuated employees of the USSR Academy of Sciences for several days. In the early 1970s, a niche was built in the central wall and a marble figure of Lenin by the sculptor N. Tomsky was installed in it. In 1987, the scientific restoration of the hall was carried out. Documents, photographs, research by experienced Leningrad restorers made it possible to revive its historical appearance of the late 19th century to the maximum extent. The restorers eliminated the modeling and painting on the walls, introduced into the design of the hall.

Documents, photographs, research by experienced Leningrad restorers made it possible to revive its historical appearance of the late 19th century to the maximum extent.

Place of Lenin's revolutionary baptism

The revolutionary baptism of Vladimir Lenin is connected with the assembly hall of the university. It was here that on December 4, 1887, the famous gathering of Kazan students took place, which had a resonance not only in Russia. In that year, student unrest swept through many universities in the country.

It should be noted that the Assembly Hall, and now the “Imperial” Hall, where the interiors of the second half of the 19th century are reproduced, is part of the structure of the Museum of the History of KFU, which, in turn, includes the Memorial Auditorium No. .

The museum complex also includes the auditorium of the Faculty of Law, the hall of N.I. Lobachevsky and the exhibition hall, where the permanent section "line of scientific defense" is presented - about the contribution of scientists of the USSR Academy of Sciences to victory in the Great Patriotic War during the evacuation of academic institutions to Kazan (1941-1943)

Damira Khairulina, Evgeny Kalashnikov, Timur Rakhmatullin photo kpfu.ru

Kazan University is one of the oldest universities in Russia. Many scientific schools that have received worldwide recognition were founded here. Kazan University is included in the list of especially valuable objects of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation, its ensemble is a historical, cultural and architectural monument of Russia.

Kazan University - from history

It was founded in 1804 and initially it had four faculties - historical-philological and physical-mathematical, medical and legal. Great Russian scientists studied here, among them - the creator of non-Euclidean geometry N. I. Lobachevsky, who from 1827 to 1846 was the rector of the university, astronomers I. M. Simonov and M. A. Kovalsky, chemists A. M. Butlerov, K. K. Klaus and N. N. Zinin, V. V. Markovnikov and A. M. Zaitsev, biologists and physicians V. M. Bekhterev and P. F. Lesgaft and many others. Among the pupils of the educational institution are famous historians and revolutionaries, artists and composers.

Kazan University was the center of advanced ideas and revolutionary struggle. In 1887, Vladimir Ulyanov entered the Faculty of Law. He took an active part in organizing a student gathering on December 4, 1917, for which he was expelled from the educational institution. However, despite, or maybe because of this fact, the University for many years bore the prefix "named after Ulyanov-Lenin."

On the basis of the educational institution, such universities of Kazan as medical and pedagogical, aviation and chemical-technological, agricultural, financial and economic were formed.

In 1925, Kazan University was awarded the title of V.I. Ulyanov-Lenin. In 1955 he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and in 1979 - the Order of Lenin.

In accordance with the Decree of the President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev dated October 21, 2009, the Volga Federal University was to be created on the basis of KSU. At the same time, students and teachers of KSU supported the preservation of the historical name of the university and it was decided to give the reorganized university the name "Kazan (Volga) Federal University" - KFU.

In 2011, in the process of reorganization, the Tatar State Humanitarian and Pedagogical University, the Kazan State Financial and Economic Faculty and the Yelabuga State Pedagogical University were attached to the educational institution.

Kazan University - Architecture

The ensemble of Kazan University is a town-planning and architectural monument of Russia. The complex of buildings built in the classical style occupies a block along Kremlevskaya (formerly Voskresenskaya) street.

In 1796, the Kazan Imperial Gymnasium was opened in the house for the military governor at the beginning of Voskresenskaya Street. By order of Alexander I dated November 5, 1804, the Letter of Approval and the Charter of Kazan University were signed, which was originally located in the same building as the gymnasium.

The construction of new buildings began in 1822 according to the project of the architect P.G. Pyatnitsky. A member of the construction committee, and later the rector of the university N.I. took a great part in the development of the project. Lobachevsky. A significant contribution to the creation of the university complex was made by the architects M.P. Korinfsky and I.P. Bezsonov, M.N. Litvinov and V. Bernhard.

The main building was erected in 1825. Its length was 160 meters. The building is decorated with three porticos with columns, statues of famous personalities in the vestibule. The main staircase led to the classically decorated auditorium and the church, decorated in the Doric style.

The building center in the university courtyard was the semicircular building of the anatomical theater, which is a quadrangle with eight Ionic columns. On the wing of the building you can see the inscription in Latin "Here is a place where death is glad to help life." On the sides of the building of the anatomical theater there is a physico-chemical building and a library. Previously, these buildings were connected to the anatomical theater by a lattice colonnade, which has not been preserved to date. At the same time, a clinic and an astronomical observatory were built.

In the 20th century, the university buildings go beyond the historic quarter. The Faculty of Geology was located in the building of the former theological seminary on Voznesenskaya Street, the building of the Faculty of Chemistry was erected on Lobachevsky Street, and in the late 60s two high-rise educational and laboratory buildings were built to the north and west of the main building of the educational institution.

Kazan University today

Currently, about 50 thousand students study at KSU, the area of training and laboratory facilities is 52 thousand square meters. There are dormitories for 12,000 people. Branches of KSU are located in Naberezhnye Chelny and Zelenodolsk, Yelabuga and Chistopol.

The Board of Trustees is headed by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

The educational complex of the university consists of five areas:

Physical and mathematical
natural science
Engineering
economic
Social and humanitarian.

A large number of scientific projects have been carried out with the participation of scientists from Great Britain and the USA, France and Hungary, Turkey and the CIS countries, as well as the Balkan Peninsula.

Institutes and faculties of KFU

Kazan Federal University is a multidisciplinary university that trains specialists in various fields at institutes and faculties headed by directors. The composition of the KFU includes:

Institute of Fundamental Medicine and Biology
Institute of Ecology and Geography
Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies
Institute of International Relations
Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics. N.I. Lobachevsky
Institute of Physics
Chemical Institute. A.M. Butlerov
Faculty of Law
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Information Technology
Institute of Philology and Arts
Institute of Mass Communications and Social Sciences
Faculty of Philosophy
Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology
Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Restorative Medicine
Graduate School of Information Technologies and Information Systems
Institute of Economics and Finance
Institute of Management and Territorial Development
Higher School of State and Municipal Administration
Language Institute
All-University Department of Physical Education and Sports
Graduate School of Management and Business
MBA program
Institute of Continuing Education
Faculty of advanced training
Preparatory Faculty for Foreign Students
Institute for Comparative Studies of the Modernization of Societies
Engineering Institute

Kazan University has ten museums of various profiles, which are its real heritage. Museum exhibits and funds are used for scientific, cultural and educational purposes.

Portal for the student. Self-training

Marked on the map: Entrance to the courtyard of KSU Exit from the courtyard of KSU Staircase to the courtyard of KSU Observatory at KSU Anatomical theater