MSU Faculty of Psychology is a faculty of the Moscow State University

Moscow State University

Lomonosov Moscow State University , previously known as Lomonosov University or MSU , is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, it also claims to be one of the oldest university in Russia and to have the tallest educational building in the world. Its current rector is Viktor Sadovnichiy...

, which was established in 1966 and headed by Aleksey Leontyev

Aleksey Leontyev

Alexei Nikolaevich Leont'ev , Soviet developmental psychologist, the founder of activity theory.- Biography :A.N. Leont'ev worked with Lev Vygotsky and Alexander Luria from 1924 to 1930, collaborating on the development of a Marxist psychology as a response to behaviourism and the focus on the...

 until his death in 1979.

At various times, a number of internationally acclaimed researchers have worked at the Faculty, such as Sergei Rubinshtein, Alexei Nikolaevich Leont'ev, Alexander Luria

Alexander Luria

Alexander Romanovich Luria was a famous Soviet neuropsychologist and developmental psychologist. He was one of the founders of neuropsychology and the jointly led the Vygotsky Circle.- Biography :...

, Evgeni Sokolov, Chingis Izmailov

Chingis Izmailov

Chingis A. Izmailov was a Russian psychophysiologist and psychophysicist, the principal author of the spherical model of color space.- Biography :...

, Gal'perin, Bluma Zeigarnik

Bluma Zeigarnik

Bluma Wulfovna Zeigarnik was a Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist, a member of Berlin School of experimental psychology and Vygotsky Circle...

, Daniil El'konin, Anatolii Smirnov, Valentina Lyaudis, Alexei Alexeevich Leont'ev, Nina Talyzina, and many others.

External links

Official site of the Faculty