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The Kazan State University
Pages: 1 2 3 The periodical editions of the 19-th century are well represented in the Library as well as the literature about Kazan and the surrrounding region. The Library is the pride of the University and an invaluable source of information for any researcher. The old building of the Library was constructed between 1825 and 1833 under the supervision of Rector N.Lobachevsky, who was at the same time the Chief Librarian of the University. The Library, which now bears his name, is still growing, and even its new building cannot take all its treasures. Kazan University also boasts of several splendid museums. Come to the Zoological Museum in the main building of the University. It was set up in 1938. The Ethnographic Museum started as a room of antiques that appeared soon after founding the University. This museum has rich ethnographic collections from all over the world, including those brought to Kazan by Professor S.Simonov from his round-the-world travels with Russian explorers Bellinsgausen and Lazarev, and those contributed by the well-known scholar of the Far East, V.Arsenyev. The Geological Museum was set up in 1805. It has over 100000 samples of ores, minerals and gem stones, including emeralds, topazes, rubies, garnets, sapphires and amethysts. Many other museums in Kazan started as the University collections. A special role in the history of the University was played by the great mathematician Nikolai Lobachevsky who was Rector of the University from 1827 to 1846. The Rector's House bought by the University in 1810 is still part of the main architectural complex. It was while living here that Lobachevsky laid the basis of non-Euclidean geometry which shattered the mathematical concepts of this time and led the way to modern mathematical thinking. The early period of development and glory of the University owes a lot to the efforts and of Lobachevsky who was actively involved in all research projects as well as building plans. A bronz bust of the great mathematical, the work of the sculptor Maria Dillon, was erected in 1896 opposite the Rector's House. Around this monument, a fine square has grown up, flanked on all sides by scientific and educational institution: Kazan Science Center of Russian Academy of Sciences (the former Kseninskaya Girls' Gymnasium), the National Library of Tatarstan (formerly the Ushkova house), and the Chemistry Faculty block, built in 1954.<<back next>> Pages: 1 2 3
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