Moscow State University
The best known university of Russia is the Moscow State University. It was founded in 1755 on the initiative of the prominent Russian scientist Mikhailo Lomonosov. The university has got a high reputation of the world's scientific centres. Among its students were famous Russian scientists, historians, philosophers and others.
There are about twenty faculties at the University. The University Library is one of the leading libraries in the country and in the world. It contains millions of books and manuscripts. There is a number of graduate schools at Moscow State University. Every year thousands of students from different countries enter the famous Russian university. They study physics, mathematics, economy, law and many other sciences.
The laboratories and observatories of the Moscow State University have got the world's fame. There are also several Research Centres.
The main building of the University is situated on Sparrow Hills. In 1920 the Sparrow Hills were given Lenin's name. After World War II the building site was offered to the Moscow University. It had only one building on Mohovaya Street at that time and could not house all its faculties. The new building was designed by Lev Rudnev, an outstanding Soviet architecture.
(это про московский государственный университет)