университет

In the article the life of the Saratov University during the First World War (before 1917) is examined. The changes in the activity of professorial and students’ corporations connected with the war’s tasks are analyzed. The special emphasis is made on indices of growth and development of this higher school.

The article eximines the basic stages of evolution of the SSU. The main attention focused at the two sides of this process: the buildings construction and perfection of educational process. The author discribes how the university became one of the largest educational centers with more then 30 thousands students and post-graduates and more then a dozen Departments and Institutes now, from the small educational institution located in a single building with just 92 students.

По решению Временного правительства в Саратовском университете образуется историко-филологический факультет. Открывается отделение истории искусств и археологии. Функционировало Общество истории, археологии и этнографии, преобразованное в Нижневолжское общество краеведения. Был создан Археологический научно-исследовательский институт, реорганизованный в Нижне-Волжский институт краеведения. Он сыграл важную роль в археологическом изучении Юго-Востока нашей страны. Постоянно существовала кафедра, где преподавалась археология.

One of the notable personalities during the reign of the Emperor Nicholas I was Abraham Sergeyevich Norov who occupied the post of the Minister of People’s Education from 1853 to 1858. In domestic historical literature the opinion has been rooted that he was a model of a conservative intellectual, a weak-willed person who fell under the influence of other people. The paper attempts to find out how A. S. Norov was treated by professors at Russian universities who often communicated with him and what they thought about him.