The Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University named after N. A. Dobrolyubov (NGLU, colloquially known as "Inyaz") is a state institution of higher education in Nizhny Novgorod specializing in the teaching of foreign languages and related disciplines.[1] It was founded in 1937 as the Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages (GGPIYA) and traces its history to 1917.[1] Legal address: Minina Street.[1]

History

In 1917, under the Nizhny Novgorod Provincial Department of Public Education (GubONO), provincial advanced courses in foreign languages and literatures were organized — the first form of professional language education in the region.[1] In 1937, the Gorky Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages was founded on the basis of these courses.[1] Initially, the institute trained teachers of English, German, French, and Spanish for secondary schools.[1] During the Soviet era, the institution was known as the Gorky State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages named after N. A. Dobrolyubov (GGPIYA).[1]

Before its own buildings were constructed, the institute was housed in the former 3rd Women's Gymnasium on Chernoprudsky Lane; that building is now occupied by the Zhukovsky Library.[1] The institute's first buildings (now Buildings No. 1 and No. 2) were erected in 1948 on the site of the demolished Church of the Trinity in the Upper Posad (built in 1844) on Sennaya Square.[1] In 1990, the institution was renamed the Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical Institute of Foreign Languages named after N. A. Dobrolyubov, and in 1994 it was reorganized as a university under its current name.[1]

Current Status

Today, the university's four buildings occupy the entire area of the former Starosennaya Square and the underground space beneath it.[1] As of 2018, the university enrolled 3,150 students, including 52 international students, and had a staff of 227 faculty members.[1] The rector of the university is Nikita Vladimirovich Avralyev.[1]

The university's structure includes departments of foreign languages, linguodidactics and foreign language teaching methodology, French language of the translation faculty, pedagogy and psychology, philosophy and theory of social communication, cultural studies, history and ancient languages, political science, and economics and management.[1] A former rector of the university was Gennady Petrovich Ryabov — a professor, Honorary Consul of the French Republic in Nizhny Novgorod, author of more than 150 scholarly and methodological works, textbooks for universities and schools, and a recipient of the Orders of the Badge of Honour and of Peoples' Friendship.[1]

Notable Alumni

The university's alumni include specialists in pedagogy, linguistics, philosophy, political science, and economics. Notably, world speed skating champion Natalya Sergeevna Donchenko graduated from GGPIYA in 1954 with a specialization in French language teaching.[1]

Links

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (ru) — Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University
  2. lunn.ru — Information about the educational organization
  3. nou.ddt-chkalov.ru — Nizhny Novgorod State Linguistic University named after N. A. Dobrolyubov, Eureka Student Academic Society