Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University
Педагогический институт Иркутского государственного университета | |
Former names | Irkutsk Teaching Institute (1909) East-Siberian Institute of People's Education (1918) Pedagogical Faculty of Irkutsk State University (1921) Irkutsk State Pedagogical Institute (1931) Irkutsk State Pedagogical University (1997) East-Siberian State Academy of Education (2009) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1909 |
Parent institution | Irkutsk State University |
| Director | Prof. Aleksandr Vladimirovich Semirov |
Academic staff | >200 |
| Students | >4000 |
| Location | , , Russia 52°17′33″N 104°17′11″E / 52.29250°N 104.28639°E |
| Language | Russian |
| Website | pi |
The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University (Russian: Педагоги́ческий институ́т Ирку́тского госуда́рственного университе́та) was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments, and provides education in 9 training directions. Minor plant 2585 Irpedina, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the institute (Chernykh's wife, Lyudmila Chernykh, was also an astronomer and a graduate of the institute).