Tver State University

• Name — Tver State University • Native Name — Тверской государственный университет • Former Names — Maksimovich School, Kalinin State Pedagogical Institute • Motto — ТвГУ — Твой гарант успеха • Established — 1870 (1971 in current form) • Founders — P. Maksimovich • Motto Lang — RU • Motto Eng — TvGU — Your guarantor of success • Type — Public • Rector — Sergey Smirnov, acting • Students — 6 500 • Postgrad — 150 • City — * Illustration — Russian Flag Tver • Country — Russia • Address — Zhelyabova 33 • Campus — Urban • Sports Nickname — TvGU • Website — https: en.tversu.ru/

• On December 1, 1870, it was originally opened as P. Maksimovich Tver private teachers school. • In 1917 it was renamed to Tver Teachers Institute, and later - to Kalinin Pedagogical Institute. • On September 1, 1971, it was reorganized into Kalinin State University. • On February 18, 1972, in Kalinin Drama Theater saw the inauguration of Kalinin State University. • In 1991, Kalinin State University was renamed to its current name.

The university includes 2 institutes, 12 faculties and 68 departments. TvGU has 20 scientific schools, 6 dissertation centers, the largest university library in the region and a botanical garden. The university implements 76 bachelor's degree programs, 10 specialty programs, 48 master's programs and 34 postgraduate programs. • Faculty of Foreign Languages and International Communication • Faculty of Philology • Faculty of History • Faculty of Law • Faculty of Psychology • Faculty of Mathematics • Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Cybernetic • Physico-Technical Faculty • Faculty of Geography and Geoecology • Faculty of Chemistry and Technology • Faculty of Biology • Faculty of Physical Education • Institute of Economics and Management • Institute of Pedagogical Education and Social Technology

• Andrey Dementyev, poet. • Natalya Terentyeva, cross-country skiing, gold medalist of the 2018 Olympic Games. • Yekaterina Duntsova, politician and journalist. • Leonid Dushkin, rocket engineer. • Andrey A. Fedorov, biologist, botanist, taxonomist and phytogeographer. • Irina Popova, photographer. • Adakhan Madumarov, Kyrgyz lawyer, historian, and politician. • Lyudmila Skakovskaya, politician. • Nikolay Kun, historian, writer, and educator. • Dmitry Mishin, physicist. • Alexei Pavlov, geologist and paleontologist.

• Illustration — TvGU main building under construction • Illustration — University laboratory • Illustration — Maksimovich School, now — Faculty of History • Illustration — University pool «Parus» • Illustration — Institute of Pedagogical Education and Social Technology