Talk:Moscow State University

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I'm checking this page and will post various issues as I see them.

"The university was established on January 25 (January 12 old style), 1755 by a decree of Russian Empress Elizabeth." January 25th? Is that correct? This page says it is January 23[1]. I don't know which date is correct, the 23rd or 25th, something to look into. I should note that link is to Moscow State University itself stating it was established on January 25th. Ruy Lopez 06:08, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)

http://www.msu.ru/info/history.html - Jan 25. --Gene s 06:29, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Oldest University

There is nothing to argue about. Moscow state university is not the oldest neither in Russia nor former USSR. Papushin 18:33, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

But the date of its foundation is officially recognized as the day of Russian students. Apparently you *have to* argue about. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 06:28, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

MSU is the oldest continuously operating university in Russia, period. Grue 10:35, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I'm MSU graduate myself so it's hard for me but even the link says St. Petersburg university is the oldest one. The only credible link I found on MSU being the oldest was interview of Sadovnichy when he said MSU was "first university created by all rules, with empress decree and inaguration"... very doubtful statement from my opinion, it means university created without Empress decree cannot be the oldest. Kazan university sometimes refered as the oldest in Russia but I cannot find historical evidence on Internet. Yes, I agree that Tatyana's day is the day of Russian students but it's not because MSU was oldest. It was not celebrated as such until last century, it was MSU students day only. (Do you guys congratulate each other with Tatyana's day each year? We do. And if you ask us we don't think it's all-Russian student day...) Papushin 01:24, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I defended my dissertation in St Pete University and was present during the 275th anniversary festivities there, yet I still feel there is no alternative to Moscow University as the oldest continuously existing university in the country. St Pete University did not function between 1803 and 1819, as my entry in List of oldest universities in continuous operation correctly points out. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 14:20, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Stub

And why did you guys kill my stub template? Do you think that page about largest university in Russia consisting of 3 small paragraphs can be called something else? Papushin 01:36, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Please read WP:STUB to learn the rules. After more than 30,000 edits in this project, I don't see what the use of stub templates anyways. --Ghirla ^-трёп- 14:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

"Short but not short enough to be useless", I guess this is what this article is... Stubs are used to attract attention of people who want to contribute but don't know where from my perspective. Papushin 17:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)