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25-641: The SKSSAA was also one of the founders of the Patrice Lumumba University . SKSSAA published, jointly with the Institute of Oriental Studies, the sociopolitical and scientific journal Aziia i Afrika Segodnia . As of 1968, Mirzo Tursunzoda was the chairman of SKSSAA. Vladimir Shubin was secretary of SKSSAA at one point. Members of minority populations (such as Caucasian and Central Asian ethnic groups) were highly represented in SKSSAA. Often SKSSAA portrayed

50-641: A statement issued by the Russian Union of Rectors (RUR) in March 2022. The EUA justified the suspension on the support expressed in the statement, stating said universities were "opposed to the European values that they committed to when joining EUA". In early March 2022, open letters were published calling for an end to the war in Ukraine on behalf of employees, students, and graduates of several Russian universities, including

75-486: A war a war. The address was widely covered in the Russian media. A number of signatories echoed the style and rhetoric of the address in their comments in the media or their individual addresses. Abroad, the address provoked a sharply negative reaction and led to further isolation of Russian universities. The European University Association suspended the membership of 12 Russian universities, whose rectors had signed

100-515: The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . The letter was signed by heads (rectors) of 304 higher education institutions in Russia. It was highly publicized inside Russia, but internationally it only led to further isolation of Russian educational institutions. The Russian Union of Rectors  [ ru ] ' address speaks of the military threat to Russia coming from Ukraine. Then it speaks in support of Russian invasion of Ukraine . It states its aims as

125-676: The " Third World ". The University's main goal was to train personnel from Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. RUDN University was considered the ' Oxford ' of Russia in the mid-1980s due to the fame it achieved within a short period. RUDN University's stance on global issues became neutral after the end of the Cold War with the collapse of the Soviet Union . RUDN University mainly focuses on research and has partnerships with over 2500 foreign universities and research centres. In March 2023,

150-402: The "demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine." The address deliberately evades the word "war", which is outlawed in Russia in this context by the fake news laws . Instead, it says: It is very important these days to support our country, our army, which defends our security, to support our President, who, perhaps, made the most difficult, hard-won but necessary decision in his life. Next,

175-826: The Congolese politician Patrice Lumumba , is a public research university located in Moscow , Russia . It was established in 1960 by a resolution from the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR to help nations to assist countries that had recently achieved independence from colonial powers . The university also acted to further Soviet foreign policy goals in nonaligned countries. The University focused on catering to non-aligned countries , which were previously known as

200-553: The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. The university was ranked #1,035 worldwide by U.S. News & World Report and #1,635 by the Center for World University Rankings in 2022. The university staff includes about 5,000 employees; among them are 442 professors and Doctors of Science, 807 associate professors and candidates of science, 91 academicians and Corresponding Members of academies of Russia, 50 Honoured workers of Science of

225-539: The Russian Federation, 56 PFUR teachers and professors are full members of international academies and learned societies, as well as other general employees. 55°39′04″N 37°30′18″E  /  55.651°N 37.505°E  / 55.651; 37.505 2022 address of the Russian Union of Rectors On 4 March 2022, the Russian Union of Rectors  [ ru ] signed an address in support of

250-536: The Soviet Union. Until 1974, all visits of the Palestine Liberation Organization was hosted by the SKSSAA (which was an 'unofficial' representative of Soviet foreign policy), rather than government representatives. Fatah leader Yasser Arafat visited Moscow at the invitation of SKSSAA in 1970. SKSSAA also had contacts with PFLOAG . The SKSSAA survived the fall of the Soviet Union . In 1992

275-421: The address calls for continuity of the educational process, says that "Universities have always been the backbone of the state" and that one of their main duties is "to instill patriotism in young people". It ends up with a call to unite around the figure of Putin . Novaya Gazeta notes that the "hard-won but necessary decision" is an intended omission brought about by the fake news law , which forbids calling

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300-449: The address. France Universités suspended their ties with the Russian Union of Rectors. For Universities UK , the address of the Rectors' Union served as a crucial argument to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian universities stripped the signatories of the address of their honorary academic titles. In Ukraine, seven rectors of medical universities who signed the address got

325-850: The experience of peripheric Soviet regions as models of development towards Third World countries. A part of the SKSSAA aid to African liberation movements was channelled through the Organization for African Unity . SKSSAA was active internationally in the struggle against apartheid in South Africa . SKSSAA provided the African National Congress in exile with material resources, such as food, clothes and vehicles. The SKSSAA and other Soviet non-governmental organizations (NGOs) received South Africans in need of medical treatment, and arranged stays for them at Soviet hospitals. The organization also coordinated activities for South African students in

350-544: The faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, the faculty of Refresher Training for Health Care Professionals, the Institute of Foreign Languages, the Institute of Distance Learning, the Institute of Hospitality Business and Tourism, and the Institute of Gravitation and Cosmology. More than 77,000 graduates work in 170 countries, among them more than 5,500 holders of PhD and Doctorate degrees. Lecturers train specialists in 62 majors and lines of study. More than 29,000 graduate and postgraduate students from 140 countries studied at

375-462: The name "RUDN University", with the acronym RUDN derived from the Russian name transliterated into English ("Rossiiskii Universitet Druzhby Narodov"). Nonetheless, it remains most common in English to use the name "Peoples' Friendship University of Russia" or the abbreviation "PFUR". From 1993 to 1998, PFUR was headed by Vladimir Filippov , a 1973 graduate of Patrice Lumumba PFU. From 1998 to 2005, PFUR

400-614: The name of Patrice Lumumba was returned to the RUDN University. Yastrebov Oleg Alexandrovich (Ястребов Олег Александрович]), the rector of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia has signed a letter of support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The university was founded on 5 February 1960. Its stated purpose was to help developing nations . Many students from developed countries also attended

425-761: The organization was renamed Society of Afro-Asian Peoples' Solidarity and Co-operation. It has since mainly focused its work towards the Middle East and Asia. In 2003 Mikhail Margelov was elected president of the Society. The archives of the SKSSAA are held by the State Archive of the Russian Federation . Patrice Lumumba University The Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University of Russia ( Russian : Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1992 and after March 2023, as Patrice Lumumba University in honour of

450-578: The second Rector of the PFU. He proclaimed the "cult of knowledge" at the university, heading it from 1970 to 1993. In 1972, Stanis proceeded to extend the duration of studies, which until then were shorter, along the lines of mainstream Soviet universities. At the Faculty of Medicine, for instance, the duration of studies was extended from five to six years. By 1975, the university had more than 5,600 graduates, 4,250 people from 89 foreign countries. The university's name

475-400: The six main faculties of the PFU (Engineering faculty, Faculty of History and Philology, Medical Faculty, Agricultural Faculty, Faculty of Science, Faculty of Law and Economics). The first 288 students from 47 countries graduated in 1965. Around that time, international construction teams started to appear, and the first student teams of KVN were organized. Vladimir Frantsevich Stanis became

500-665: The status of suspects in violation of the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova stated that measures will be taken to put the signatories on the international wanted list for the purpose of their arrest and extradition to Ukraine. On March 16, 2022, the Free Russia Forum included all signatories in its sanctions "Putin List". Students, teachers, and graduates of Moscow State University published an open letter to Rector Viktor Sadovnichiy demanding to revoke his signature. According to Novaya Gazeta ,

525-691: The university are the All-Union Central Soviet of Trade Unions, the Soviet Afro-Asian Solidarity Committee , and the Soviet Associations Union of Friendship and Intercultural Relationship. Sergey Vasilievich Rumiantsev, Doctor of Engineering, was the university's first Rector. He remained its Rector until 1970. In 1960, Russian language studies for international students started at the preparatory Faculty. On 1 September, Russian language studies were introduced at

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550-548: The university as of 2014. They represented more than 150 nations of the world. It has a team of 4,500 employees, among them 2,826 teachers. Foreign and Russian political and public figures, scholars, and scientists have become PFUR Emeritus Professors. The university and 11 others from Russia were suspended from the European University Association (EUA) following support for the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine by its president Vladimir Mikhailovich Filippov in

575-455: The university. On 22 February 1961, the university was named Patrice Lumumba University after the Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba , who had been killed in a coup that January. The stated purpose for establishing the university was to give young people from Asia, Africa, and Latin America, especially from low-income families, an opportunity to be educated and to become qualified specialists. The organizations mentioned as founders of

600-539: Was changed to the Peoples' Friendship University of Russia on 5 February 1992 by the RF Government, the university's founder. The university's current Russian name is "Российский университет дружбы народов" which could be translated as "The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia" or, more directly, as "Russian University of the Friendship of Nations ". The English-language version of the university's website, however, uses

625-569: Was directed by Dmitry Petrovich Bilibin, a graduate of Patrice Lumumba PFU. He was acting Rector until 2004 and was elected Rector of the university in 2004. Filippov was reelected Rector of the PFUR on 4 March 2005 and has headed the university since then. The 1990s saw the creation of new faculties and Institutes: the Ecological faculty, the Faculty of Economics, the faculty of Law, the Philological faculty,

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