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Imperial Moscow University

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Imperial Moscow University was one of the oldest universities of the Russian Empire, established in 1755, and it was the first of the twelve imperial universities of that empire. Its legacy is continued by Lomonosov Moscow State University, which occupies some of its original buildings. The idea of a university in Moscow was promoted by Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov, and Empress Elizabeth decreed its establishment on 23 January 1755 (Old Style 12 January).

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Imperial Moscow University (Russian: Императорский Московский университет) was one of the oldest universities of the Russian Empire, established in 1755.
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Imperial Moscow University (Wikipedia)
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    Imperial Moscow University (Russian: Императорский Московский университет) was one of the oldest universities of the Russian Empire, established in 1755.
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    Ivan Shuvalov and Mikhail Lomonosov promoted the idea of a university in Moscow, and Russian Empress Elizabeth decreed its establishment on 23 January [O.S. 12 January] 1755.
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Alexander Bogdanov (Wikipedia)
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Upon completion of the gymnasium, Bogdanov was admitted to the Natural Science Department of Imperial Moscow University.
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Nikolai Bukharin (Wikipedia)
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Bukharin's political life began at the age of sixteen, with his lifelong friend Ilya Ehrenburg, when they participated in student activities at Moscow University related to the Russian Revolution of 1905.
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Boris Kagarlitsky (Wikipedia)
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He was awarded his Doctorate degree for his thesis, "Collective Actions and Labour Policies in Russia in the 90s," in 1995, and has taught political science at Moscow State University, the Moscow School for Social and Economic Sciences, and the Institute of Sociology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. == Rabkor == In 2008, Kagarlitsky was co-founder of the Russian online leftist media platform Rabkor, short for "Rabochiy Korrespondent" (Worker Correspondent).
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Karel Kosík (Wikipedia)
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In the years 1947-1949, he also attended courses at the Leningrad University and the Moscow State University in the USSR.
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