Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University
| Педагогический институт Иркутского государственного университета | |
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| Former names | Irkutsk Teaching Institute (1909) East-Siberian Institute of People's Education (1918) Pedagogical Faculty of Irkutsk State University (1921) Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute (1931) Irkutsk State Pedagogical University (1997) East-Siberian State Academy of Education (2009)[1] | 
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| Type | Public | 
| Established | 1909[1] | 
| Parent institution | Irkutsk State University | 
| Director | Prof. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Semirov[2] | 
| Academic staff | >200[1] | 
| Students | >4000[1] | 
| Location | , , Russia 52°17′33″N 104°17′11″E / 52.29250°N 104.28639°E | 
| Language | Russian | 
| Website | pi | 
The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University (Russian: Педагоги́ческий институ́т Ирку́тского госуда́рственного университе́та) was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments,[1] and provides education in 9 training directions.[3] Minor plant 2585 Irpedina, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the institute (Chernykh's wife, Lyudmila Chernykh, was also an astronomer and a graduate of the institute).
References
- ^ a b c d e История [History]. Иркутский государственный университет. Педагогический институт [Irkutsk State University. Pedagogical Institute] (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Структура института, сотрудники [The Institute's structure, employees]. Иркутский государственный университет. Педагогический институт [Irkutsk State University. Pedagogical Institute] (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ Об институте [About the Institute]. Иркутский государственный университет. Педагогический институт [Irkutsk State University. Pedagogical Institute] (in Russian). Retrieved 19 September 2019.