Heads of Moscow University

Moscow University is rightfully considered to be the oldest university in Russia. It was founded in 1755 thanks to the efforts of Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov and support provided by Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov and Empress Elizabeth I. Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov (1711?1765) was an outstanding scientist, polymath and the first Russian academician. Before the educational reform of 1802-1803 rectors of Moscow State University were not elected, but appointed by government officials. The first rector elected according to the University Charter of 1803 was Khariton A. Chebotarev.

Rector of Moscow State University is highly respected by other members of the University staff and considered to be one of the key figures in the Russian system of higher education, due to the role played by Moscow State University in Russia.

Since its establishment, Moscow University has been headed by 44 rectors, some of them outstanding professionals, while others mere mediocre bureaucrats. 32 rectors have been the University alumni.

Rectors and Directores of Moscow University

Directore: 1755-1757 Alexei Mikhailovich Argamakov (1711 - 7.I.1757) Directore: 1757-1763 Ivan Ivanovich Melissino (1718 - 23.III.1795) Directore: 1763-1770 Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov (25.X.1733 - 27.IX.1807) Directore: 1771-1784 Mikhail Vasilevich Priklonsky (8.XII.1728 - 6.XII.1794) Directore: 1784-1796 Pavel Ivanovich Fonvizin (1746 - 1803) Directore: 1796- 1803 Ivan Petrovich Turgenev (21.VI.1752 - 28.II.1807) Rector: 1803-1805 Khariton Andreyevich Chebotarev (1746 - 26.VII.1815) Rector: 1805-1807 Pyotr Ivanovich Strakhov (22.VI.1757 - 12.II.1813) Rector: 1807-1808 Fyodor Grigoryevich Bauze (1752 - 25.V.1812) Rector: 1808-1819 Ivan Andreyevich Geim (1759 - 16.X.1821) Rector: 1819-1826 Anton Antonovich Antonsky-Prokopovich (17.I.1762 - 6.VII.1848) Rector: 1826-1833 Ivan Alexeyevich Dvigubsky (24.II.1772 - 30.XII.1839) Rector: 1833-1836 Alexei Vasilyevich Boldyryov (16.III.1784 - 17.VIII.1842) Rector: 1837-1842 Mikhail Trofimovich Kachenovsky (1.XI.1775 - 19.IV.1842) Rector: 1842-1848; 1850-1863 Arkady Alexeyevich Alfonsky (8.II.1796 - 4.I.1869) Rector: 1848-1850 Dmitry Matveyevich Perevoshchikov (17.IV.1788 - 3.IX.1880) Rector: 1863-1870 Sergei Ivanovich Barshev (17.IX.1808 - 7.III.1882) Rector: 1871-1877 Sergei Mikhailovich Solovyev (5.V.1820 - 4.X.1879) Rector: 1877-1883 Nikolai Savvich Tikhonravov (3.X.1832 - 27.XI.1893) Rector: 1883-1887; 1891-1893 Nikolai Pavlovich Bogolepov (27.XI.1846 - 2.III.1901) Rector: 1887-1891 Gavriil Afanasyevich Ivanov (11.VII.1828 - 21.I.1901) Rector: 1893-1898 Pavel Alxeyevich Nekrasov (8(20).I.1853 - 20.XII.1924) Rector: 1898 Nikolai Andreyevich Zverev (1.IX.1850 - 8.III.1917) Rector: 1898-1899 Dmitry Nikolaevich Zernov (26.X.1843 - 13.III.1917) Rector: 1899-1904 Alexandr Andreyevich Tikhomirov (19.IX(1.X).1850 - 23.X.1931) Rector: 1904-1905 Leonid Kuzmich Lakhtin (14(26).IV.1863 - 14.VII.1927) Rector: 1905 Sergei Nikolaevich Trubetskoi (23.VII.1862 - 29.IX.1905) Rector: 1905-1911 Alexandr Apollonovich Manuilov (22.III(3.IV).1861 - 20.VII.1929) Rector: 1911-1917 Matvei Kuzmich Lyubavsky (1(13).VIII.1860 - 22.XI.1936) Rector: 1917-1919 Mikhail Alexandrovich Menzbir (23.X(4.XI).1855 - 10.X.1935) Rector: 1919 Vladimir Sergeyevich Gulevich (6(18).XI.1867 - 6.IX.1933) Rector: 1919-1920 Mikhail Mikhailovich Novikov (14(26).III.1876 - 12.I.1965) Rector: 1920-1921 Dmitry Petrovich Bogolepov (30.VI(12.VII).1885 - 8.V.1941) Rector: 1921-1925 Vyacheslav Petrovich Volgin (2(14).VI.1879 - 3.VII.1962) Rector: 1925-1928 Andrei Yanuaryevich Vyshinsky (28.XI(10.XII).1883 - 22.XI.1954) Rector: 1928-1930 Ivan Dmitrievich Udaltsov (7(19).III.1885 - 30.I.1958) Directore: 1930-1934 Vasily Nikolaevich Kasatkin (6.XII.1891 - ?) Directore: 1934-1939 Rector: 1939-1943 Alexei Sergeyevich Butyagin (7(19).IV.1881 - 26.IX.1958) Rector: 1943-1947 Ilya Savvich Galkin (20.VII(1.VIII).1898 - 7.IV.1990) Rector: 1948-1951 Alexandr Nikolaevich Nesmeyanov (28.VIII(9.IX).1899 - 17.I.1980) Rector: 1951-1973 Ivan Georgievich Petrovsky (6 (18).01.1901 - 15.01.1973) Rector: 1973-1977 Rem Viktorovich Khokhlov (15.07.1926 - 8.08.1977) Rector: 1977-1992 Anatoly Alexeyevich Logunov (born 30.12.1926) Rector: from 1992 Victor Antonovich Sadovnichy (born 3.04.1939)

The first building near Red Square where Moscow University was opened Moscow University building on Mokhovaya street Moscow University. Leninskie Gori