MSU Faculty of Geography

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MSU Faculty of Geography (Russian: Географический факультет МГУ) is a faculty of Moscow State University, created in 1938 by order #109 dated 23 July 1938. It is the largest collective of geographers in the world:[citation needed] 780 researchers, 1100 students and 200 post-graduates are working at the facility. The faculty consists of 15 departments:

Physical geography branch
Geoecological branch
  • Department of Physical Geography of the World and Geoecology
  • Department of Environmental Management
Cartographic branch
  • Department of Mapping and Geoinformatics
Human geographical branch
  • Department of Geography of World Economy
  • Department of Social and Economical Geography of Russia
  • Department of Social and Economical Geography of foreign countries
  • Department of Recreational Geography and Tourism

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