State Academic University for the Humanities
Higher education institution
The State Academic University for the Humanities (Russian: Государственный академический университет гуманитарных наук) (GAUGN former GUGN) is a public higher education institution, based on the individual institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It originally bore the name Russian Center of Liberal Education (RCOLE), State University of Humanities (SUOH). The director: Aleksandr Chubaryan, a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Mission
The mission of GAUGN is to install the academic culture and provide information management skills in order to be able to change your career map throughout your life.
History
On April 13, 1992, the Council of Ministers signed Decree №244 on the establishment of the National Center for Humanitarian Education. Another possible date of birth of the university can be considered the date of signing the Order of the Government of the Russian Federation dated 24 February 1994, when the center was given the status of a university.
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Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4146754. VIAF identifies the subject as 151476125. The Library of Congress control number is no2014098231. Authority coordinates are 55.732, 37.611. 3 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1992 and 1994.
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