I. N. Ulianov Chuvash State University is a public university located in Cheboksary , the capital of the Chuvash Republic , Russia. The university is one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Russia and is the scientific , educational and cultural center of the Privolsky Federal Region of the Russian Federation .
9-528: Chuvash State University has over 10,000 students and 3,865 faculty, including 150 Professors (Dr. Habil.) and 600 Docents (Ph.D.). The rector is Andrey Aleksandrov . Aleksandrov Andrey (Александров Андрей Юрьевич]), the rector of the Chuvash State University has signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine . In 1920 the revolutionary committee and decided to create
18-673: A university Cheboksary . The question about the creation of the Chuvash State University was raised again in 1958–19, but even then it could not be done because of many problems connected with the absence of the material base and lack of scientific staff in the republic. The university was formed on 17 August 1967 through a merger of the Volga Branch of the Order of Lenin Moscow Energy Institute and
27-507: Is an intended omission brought about by the fake news law , which forbids calling a war a war. The address was widely covered in the Russian media. A number of signatories echoed the style and rhetoric of the address in their comments in the media or their individual addresses. Abroad, the address provoked a sharply negative reaction and led to further isolation of Russian universities. The European University Association suspended
36-577: The Historical-Philological Department of the I. Ya. Yakovlev Chuvash State Pedagogical Institute . It was named after Ilya Nikolaevich Ulianov , an educator. Opened already in 1930 the part of historically philological faculty of the Chuvash Pedagogical Institute joined the university. The university has 15 faculties: These are further subdivided into 88 departments. 2022 address of
45-645: The Russian Union of Rectors On 4 March 2022, the Russian Union of Rectors [ ru ] signed an address in support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The letter was signed by heads (rectors) of 304 higher education institutions in Russia. It was highly publicized inside Russia, but internationally it only led to further isolation of Russian educational institutions. The Russian Union of Rectors [ ru ] ' address speaks of
54-693: The address got the status of suspects in violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova stated that measures will be taken to put the signatories on the international wanted list for the purpose of their arrest and extradition to Ukraine. On March 16, 2022, the Free Russia Forum included all signatories in its sanctions "Putin List". Students, teachers, and graduates of Moscow State University published an open letter to Rector Viktor Sadovnichiy demanding to revoke his signature. According to Novaya Gazeta ,
63-506: The membership of 12 Russian universities, whose rectors had signed the address. France Universités suspended their ties with the Russian Union of Rectors. For Universities UK , the address of the Rectors' Union served as a crucial argument to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian universities stripped the signatories of the address of their honorary academic titles. In Ukraine, seven rectors of medical universities who signed
72-463: The military threat to Russia coming from Ukraine. Then it speaks in support of Russian invasion of Ukraine . It states its aims as the "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine." The address deliberately evades the word "war", which is outlawed in Russia in this context by the fake news laws . Instead, it says: It is very important these days to support our country, our army, which defends our security, to support our President, who, perhaps, made
81-409: The most difficult, hard-won but necessary decision in his life. Next, the address calls for continuity of the educational process, says that "Universities have always been the backbone of the state" and that one of their main duties is "to instill patriotism in young people". It ends up with a call to unite around the figure of Putin . Novaya Gazeta notes that the "hard-won but necessary decision"
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