Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies named after M. V. Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art,...

, commonly abbreviated as МИТХТ (from the earlier name "Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology" ), is one of the oldest chemical educational institutions in Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. It was founded in 1900. The birthday of the University is July 1, 1900, when there was taken a decision to set up the Higher Women's Courses. In autumn of 1900 the physico-mathematical faculty began its work specializing in chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....

, geology

Geology

Geology is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which it evolves. Geology gives insight into the history of the Earth, as it provides the primary evidence for plate tectonics, the evolutionary history of life, and past climates...

 and mineralogy

Mineralogy

Mineralogy is the study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals. Specific studies within mineralogy include the processes of mineral origin and formation, classification of minerals, their geographical distribution, as well as their utilization.-History:Early writing...

. Within a short period the Courses became one of the best country's leading higher educational establishments. The present building in Malaya Pirogovskaya street was built in 1908. The lecture hall

Lecture hall

A lecture hall is a large room used for instruction, typically at a college or university. Unlike a traditional classroom with a capacity from one to four dozen, the capacity of lecture halls is typically measured in the hundreds...

 for physics

Physics

Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...

 then built was modern and had no analogy either in Russia or in Europe.

In 1918 the Higher Women's Courses were reformed into a chemical faculty of the Second Moscow State University, and in 1930 it became the Institute of Fine Chemical Technology . In 1940 it was named after M. V. Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer, who made important contributions to literature, education, and science. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art,...

. In 1970 the Institute was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Banner of Labour

The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an order of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order.-History:The Red...

. In 1993 it was renamed into an Academy

Academy

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. In 2010-2011 it was renamed into its present name. The University now based on two territories in Malaya Pirogovskaya street and near Yugo-Zapadnaya

Yugo-Zapadnaya

Yugo-Zapadnaya , is the southwestern terminus of the Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro. Like dozens of other Metro stations dating to the 1960s , the station was built according to the standard pillar-trispan or "centipede" design. The architect was Ya.V. Tatarzhinskaya. Visually...

 underground

Moscow Metro

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 station.

Among outstanding scientists who worked at the institute are the names of Vernadsky

Vladimir Vernadsky

Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky was a Russian/Ukrainian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who is considered one of the founders of geochemistry, biogeochemistry, and of radiogeology. His ideas of noosphere were an important contribution to Russian cosmism. He also worked in Ukraine where he...

, Reformatsky

Sergey Reformatsky

Sergey Nikolaevich Reformatsky was a Russian chemist.-Life:He was born as a son of a preacher in Borisoglebskoe, near Ivanovo. He studied at the University of Kazan under Alexander Mikhailovich Zaitsev until 1882. He went to Germany for further studies...

, Chaplygin, Nazarov

Ivan Nazarov

Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov was an organic chemist from the former USSR.Ivan Nikolaevich Nazarov has born on June 12, 1906. He was an organic chemist who started his scientific activities in 1931 at Leningrad State University. Nazarov published more than 300 scientific papers...

, Zelinsky, Nesmeyanov

Alexander Nesmeyanov

Alexander Nikolayevich Nesmeyanov was a prominent Soviet chemist and academician specializing in organometallic chemistry...

, Andrianov, Medvedev, Syrkin, etc.