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meteorologist B.I. Sreznevski and N.R. Leibensohn who was a great authority in
geophysics and mathematics. They were accompanied by 45 faculty and 43 staff
members, as well as 800 students.
3
On November 12, 1918 the first lectures started at four faculties of the newly
born Voronezh University: the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Physics and
Mathematics, the Faculty of History and Philology and the Faculty of Law.
Professor V. E. Regel, a well-known historian who was also a corresponding
member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, was then elected Rector of the
University.
4
At first, enrolment into the University was absolutely free and at the beginning
of 1919 there were about 10 000 students.
5
In 1921 the Faculty of Pedagogy was established, and in 1925 a research
institute in the fields of biology and chemistry was created. In 1921—1923
Voronezh Institute of People's Education joined the University growing further
into its Faculty of Pedagogies. Its departments trained teachers in mathematics,
physics, chemistry, natural sciences, socio-economic subject for schools, Russian
and literature. In 1926 the first postgraduate program was started, and so it became
possible to train highly qualified research workers.
6
In 1929 the Faculty of Planned Economy was organized, and in 1930—1931
VSU underwent another radical reorganization. The Faculty of Medicine was
transformed into an independent institute, and the Faculties of Pedagogy and
Economy developed into Voronezh Pedagogical Institute and the Institute for
National Economy Accounting and Reporting. VSU was evolving into a core
university for all educational establishments of the region.
In the 30s of the 20th century the Botanical gardens were organized, and the
nature reserve "Galichya Gora (Mountain)" also became a part of VSU. During the
same period of time, the geological, the soil and the zoological museums were
created, and the University library enlarged its collection of books.
7
By June 1941, when the war started, the University counted 6 Faculties. There
were 40 departments, four museums, a fundamental library with 400 000 books, 3
research centers, a publishing and printing house.
The following prominent professors of that period of time should be mentioned
here: biologists I. I. Barabash-Nikiforov and В. M. Kozo-Polyansky, soil scientist
P. D. Aderikhin, geographer K. N. Mirotvortsev, geologist A. A. Dubyansky,
mathematician A. K. Sushkevitch; physicists A. P. Pospelov and M. A. Levitskaya;
chemists A. V. Dumansky and A. D. Bogoyavlensky. The University was steadily
growing into the leading research and intellectual centre of the Central Black Earth
Region.
8
In the very first days of the Great Patriotic War of 1941—1945, almost all the
students as well as more than 60 faculty members went to the front. Rector N. P.
Latyshev was one of the organizers of Voronezh Volunteers Regiment. In 1942 the
University was evacuated to the Town of Yelabuga in Tatar Autonomous
Republic, not returning to Voronezh until 1943.
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9
In the late 40s and early 50s the resurrection of the University led to its further
rapid development.
The number of faculties in that period increased to 11. Several prominent
researchers and their disciples won recognition both in the Soviet Union and
abroad. In 1965 the new main building of the University was put into service.
10
In 1961 VSU became one of the leading centres of teaching international
students in the USSR. The first international agreement was concluded in 1966. It
was between VSU and the University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany). Now there
are more than 700 international students, postgraduates and interns at VSU. The
University has signed agreements with 64 Universities and training centres in
Europe, America and Asia. The University is recognized internationally, and in
2002 VSU was the eighth Russian university to become a member of the European
University Association.
11
The years between the late 60s and early 80s witnessed further growth and
development of VSU. New departments were opened, and new teaching
technologies introduced. Several research projects conducted by VSU scientists
were included into regional and All-Union programmes. In 1971 the University
was awarded the Order of Lenin, and in 1981 VSU received the Order of the
Banner of Labour (German Democratic Republic).
12
Basic restructuring processes which started in the 90s of the previous century
produced a significant impact upon VSU. The University was able to meet the
challenges of a new situation in the economy and social relations. The faculties
were gaining more and more independence. New faculties and departments were
established, and new research areas and educational technologies were introduced.
13
The University can be proud of its 100,000 graduates who work in 126
countries around the world. Many of VSU alumni are widely known in Russia and
abroad.
The image of the University is represented by such prominent figures as
Academician P. A. Cherenkov who was the 1958 Nobel Prize winner; Academi-
cian A. V. Sidorenko, Lenin Prize winner and Vice-President of the USSR
Academy of Sciences; full members of the USSR and Russian Academies of
Sciences: I.M. Imshenetsky, S.N. Zhurkov, V.V. Liakhovitch, V. I. Zhukov, and V.
M. Ievlev; Lenin Prize winners: L. A. Alyokhin, V. I. Nikishin, A. A. Dubyansky,
E. K. Lazarenko, and S. I. Chaikin; USSR and Russia State Prize winners: N. V.
Mezhelovsky, V. N. Popov, A. I. Bazykina, I. I. Tyulyaev, I. P. Galkin, A. P.
Shcherbakov, and Y. A. Ughay, corresponding members of the USSR and Russian
Academies of Sciences: N. V. Yefimov, A. A. Petrov, N.A. Zheltukhin, N. M.
Chernyshev, A. A. Chibilev, and V. I. Borisov; Y. M. Danilov who is Secretary
Judge of the Russian Federation Constitutional Court, A. I. Karpov who is Deputy
President of the Supreme Court of Russia; and V. V. Malinovsky who is Deputy
General Prosecutor of the Russian Federation.
2e Go to the VSU History Museum and find more information about your
faculty. Report it to your group.
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2f Read the list below and try to remember the names of the scientists.
Doctors Honoris Causa of VSU
1993
Miguel Cordero del Campillo
(Spain), Professor, Rector of the University of Leon
in the 80s, member of the European Federation of Parasitology and the World
Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.
G. N. Troyepolsky,
writer, member of the USSR Writers' Union, USSR State
Prize winner, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Raymond E. Benson
(USA), diplomat, founder of the American Collegiate
Consortium for East-West Cultural Academic Exchange, director of the Salzburg
Seminar Universities Project.
1998
Peeter Tulviste,
Professor, Doctor of Psychology, Rector of Tartu University in
1993
—
1998, Vice-President of the Estonian Academy of Sciences since 1994.
Ronan Murphy,
a professional diplomat, Irish Ambassador in Moscow in 1997
—
2003.
A. D. Konopatov,
Doctor of Technology, Professor, full member of the Russian
Academy of Sciences, Hero of Socialist Labour, Lenin and State Prize winner,
chief design engineer and chief of Voronezh chemical automatics bureau in 1965-
1993.
Y. D. Goncharov,
writer, member of the USSR Writers' Union, RSFSR State
Prize winner, AndreyPlatonov Award recipient.
Theodor Berchem,
Professor, PhD, President of DAAD, President of
WurzburgUniversity, President of the Westdeutschen Rektoren konferenz.
1999
V. P. Krivoruchko,
artist, Honored Worker of Culture of Russia.
V. A. Sadovnichiy,
full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of
Moscow State University, President of the Rectors' Union of Russia, President of
the Eurasian Association of Universities.
2003
Wilfried Grecksch,
Professor, President of Halle University (Germany).
L. A. Verbitskaya,
Doctor of Philology, Professor, Rector of St Petersburg State
University, President of the Russian Association of Teachers of Russian Language
and Literature.
A. P. Arzamastsev,
Professor, full member of the Russian Academy of Medical
Sciences, chief of the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Department of Sechenov
Academy.
2007
Valeri Bykov
is Director General of All-Russian research institute of herbs and
scented plants, Academician of Russian Agricultural Sciences, Director of Moscow
Biotechnology Centre, Head of department of biological and pharmacological
technologies of Moscow I. M. Sechenov Medical Academy.
2008
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Gerhard Hosl,
Director for Commerce,
«
Nokia Siemens Networks
»
.
Notes:
Doctors Honoris Causa -
An
honorary degree
or a degree
honoris causa
(Latin:
'for the sake of the honour') is an academic degree for which a university has
waived the usual requirements (such as matriculation, residence, study and the
passing of examinations). The degree itself is typically a doctorate or, less
commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior
connection with the academic institution. Usually the degree is conferred as a way
of honoring a distinguished visitor's contributions to a specific field, or to society
in general. The university often derives benefits by association with the person in
question.
2g Find in the Internet more information about Doctors Honoris Causa
mentioned in ex.2f and report it to the group (3-5 minutes).
3.READING AND SPEAKING
3a Think of Russian equivalents to the following word combinations. Choose
ten of them to remember and use in future.
1.
closely related to
2.
responding to the petition signed by
3.
Voronezh welcomed
4.
they were accompanied by
5.
the first lectures started at
6.
the newly born
7.
enrolment into the University
8.
was established
9.
in the fields of biology and chemistry
10.
department trained teachers in (physics)
11.
underwent another radical reorganization
12.
developed into
13.
was evolving into a core university
14.
the nature reserve
15.
library enlarged its collection of
16.
was steadily growing into
17.
Volunteers Regiment
18.
was evacuated to
19.
researchers and their disciples
20.
won recognition both in … and …
21.
was put into service
22.
has signed agreements with
23.
to meet the challenges of a new situation
3b Match words and word combinations from columns A and B.
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A
B
an expert in philosophy;
блестящий философ
an outstanding philosopher
известный философ
a renowned philosopher
знаток философии
a brilliant philosopher
общеизвестный философ
a great authority in
philosophy
выдающийся философ
a well-known philosopher
прославленный философ
a prominent philosopher
крупный специалист в
области философии
3c Match the words to their definitions.
1
Mathematics
A The scientific study of forces such as heat, light,
sound, etc., of relations between them and how they
affect objects
2
Biology
B The science of numbers and shapes
3
Physics
C The study and treatment of diseases and injuries
4
Philology
D The scientific study of the development of language
5
Geography
E The study of teaching methods
6
History
F The scientific study of the earth’s surface, physical
features, divisions, products, population, etc.
7
Geology
G The scientific study of the life and structure of plants
and animals
8
Medicine
H The scientific study of the earth, including the origin
and history of the rocks and soil of which the earth is
made
9
Pedagogy
I
The study of past events as a subject at school or
university
4.LISTENING / WATCHING AND SPEAKING
4a Listen to L3.1 / watch V3.1 the foreign students speaking about VSU.
Think of 10 questions you could ask any foreign students of VSU.
4b Say in 15-20 sentences what you know about VSU and its history.
4c Translate into English the following text.
Воронежский университет включает 18 факультетов. В yниверситете
обучается более 20 тысяч студентов.
За 90 лет университет подготовил более 100 тысяч специалистов. Среди
выпускников
университета
-
Нобелевские
лауреаты,
лауреаты
государственных премий СССР и России, академики, министры, деятели
науки и культуры. Выпускники университета работают в 90 странах мира.
Воронежский государственный университет был создан в 1918 году на базе
Юрьевского университета, который был эвакуирован из-за первой мировой
войны. Дерптский (позже Юрьевский) университет был учреждён в 1802