The Lesgaft Institute has been the center of the scientific and cultural life of our country since its inception. Many well-known figures of Russian science taught and teach here.
Pride of Russia
P. F. Lesgaft National State University of Physical Culture, Sports and He alth was established on August 24, 1893.
The Institute is located in St. Petersburg on Dekabristov Street.
Rector of the institute
The rector of the educational institution is Sergey Evgenyevich Bakulev, a trainer and specialist in the field of contact martial arts. Sergey Evgenievich graduated from the Lesgaft Institute in 1977, currently has the scientific title of Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, is a professor, Honored Coach of Russia, and also holds the post of President of the Russian Women's Boxing Federation.
Bakulev continues his teaching activities and gives lectures to students on training athletes in kickboxing, taekwondo and boxing. He prepared a large number of methodological and scientific works, widelyused in the teaching activities of the institution.
History of the University
The Lesgaft Institute of Physical Culture was founded by Professor Lesgaft with money donated to him by the philanthropist and philanthropist Innokenty Mikhailovich Sibiryakov. Anyone could come and listen to a course of very interesting lectures on the topics of the natural sciences, and absolutely free of charge.
At the laboratory of the courses, teachers and students created a huge zoological museum, where visitors could get acquainted with representatives of the fauna of Russia. In addition to the museum, large herbariums of the flora of the northern latitudes of Russia, the Caucasus and Siberia were collected in the classrooms. In addition, the laboratories had original collections of minerals and rock deposits from all periods of the Earth's existence.
The Lesgaft Institute at the beginning of its activity already had several rooms: histological, physiological, anatomical and embryological, within the walls of which students comprehended knowledge, and there was also a chemical laboratory for experiments.
In the premises of the laboratory in 1996, courses for teachers of physical education were founded. Each department of social, pedagogical and biological sciences and courses was designed for 4 years of study.
From 1896, the Pedagogical Council of the Laboratory began to publish the popular science journal Izvestia of the St. Petersburg Biological Laboratory, edited by P. F. Lesgaft himself.
University Awards
The Lesgaft Institute of St. Petersburg has been awarded orders and certificates of honor for years of teaching activity.
The very first high award awarded to an educational institution in 1935 for high performance and exemplary work was the Order of Lenin.
In July of the same year, the Council of Workers' Deputies of the city of Leningrad presented the institute with a banner for high achievements in the field of sports and training of young personnel.
In April 1942, Lesgaft Institute (St. Petersburg) was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for excellent performance of combat missions during the war against the German invaders.
Lenin's honorary jubilee diploma was awarded in April 1970 for high performance in the socialist competition.
And in January 2011, the President of the Russian Federation expressed special gratitude for the huge contribution to the development of education in the field of sports.
Academic achievements of the university
The Lesgaft Institute is currently the only higher educational physical education institution in Russia that is a member of the European Association of Physical Educational Universities.
Glorious traditions and sporting achievements
Over the years of its existence, the university has prepared outstanding graduates who have become champions and won a total of more than one hundred and seventy gold medals at the Olympiads, and at various world championships, students have won about seven hundred gold medals. over five hundredgraduates received the title of honored coaches in various sports.
Institute of Physical Education. Lesgaft is famous for the fact that such luminaries of science as the physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe, the physiologist and the first Russian Nobel Prize winner Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, the physiologist Alexei Alekseevich Ukhtomsky, the great historian Evgeny Viktorovich Tarle and many others taught within its walls.
Founder of the Institute Petr Frantsevich Lesgaft
The future biologist, anatomist, doctor and teacher was born on September 8, 1837 in St. Petersburg into a family of Germans who remained to live in Russia. His father, Peter Otto Lesgaft, was a jeweler and was a member of the Gold Art Guild. Being the owner of a small jewelry store, his father had a small income, which also affected the upbringing of the growing lad - from childhood, his father taught him not only to order, but also to frugality in everything. Peter's mother, Henrietta Adamovna, aroused in the boy a love of music from an early age. The upbringing of his parents and the situation in the family laid down in the boy such qualities as disinterestedness, respect for work, adherence to principles - they became traits of his character and determined his whole future life.
Until the age of nine, the future scientist was homeschooled, and at the age of nine he was sent to the St. Peter. Studying was very easy for him, and at the same time he was a diligent student - he pored over books for a long time and conscientiously completed assignments.
At the age of 17, the young man graduated from school and his interest in medicine andchemistry. In the summer of the same year, he became a freshman at the Medical and Surgical Academy. In the third year of the institute, he was so carried away by anatomy that he gave it his all.
In 1861, Lesgaft successfully passed all the exams, while receiving a medical degree. And Peter Frantsevich devoted his entire future life to medicine.
December 11, 1909, the heart of the great scientist stopped after a long illness. They buried him at the Volkovsky cemetery.
University structure
The university consists of five institutes. This is:
- Institute of Sports Facilities and Equipment.
- Institute for Economics and Social Innovations.
- Institute of He alth and Sports Medicine.
- Institute for International Sports Education Programs.
- Institute of Adaptive Physical Education.
Acting faculties of the Lesgaft Institute:
- Faculty of summer sports;
- Faculty of winter sports;
- Faculty of non-Olympic sports and various martial arts;
- Faculty of He alth and Rehabilitation;
- Faculty of Economics, Management and Sports Law;
- Faculty of social and humanitarian profile;
- Faculty of Basic Training;
- Faculty of specialized training;
- Faculty of educational and professional practices;
- Faculty of Preparation for University Entry;
- Faculty of training scientific and pedagogical workers;
- Faculty of advanced training andreprofiling frames;
- Faculty of Individual Educational and Sports Technologies.
The duration of training is 4 years. The institute pays great attention to the continuous improvement of the information support of the educational and scientific process.
Institute Library
The library is one of the divisions of the university and is located in the former princely palace. The value and pride of the library is a unique collection of rare books, which includes publications that once belonged personally to Lesgaft and his colleagues. They are devoted to the issues of physical education, as well as all the disciplines studied at that time in the courses.
Currently, the library serves about 17,000 visitors annually, and the number of issued books reaches half a million copies. The library owns about seven hundred thousand copies of books, various publications, methodological manuals, most of which cover sports topics. The library has introduced electronic lending of books.
Sportkniga store is located on the territory of the library. Buyers are offered a lot of literature on the topic of physical education and sports, on biomedical issues, psychology and economics in the field of sports. And also methodological and teaching aids of the Institute's employees are presented.
Dormitory
For out-of-town students, the Lesgaft Institute provides a hostel, which is located on Ispytateley Avenue.
Duration of class and break
The duration of lectures and classes is one and a half hours. A break between pairs is required - fifteen minutes. In addition, students are provided with a lunch break of 30 minutes.
Reviews
Reviews about the Institute of Physical Education. Lesgaft is mostly positive. The enrolled students love their studies. The training base allows preparing world-class athletes, and the teaching staff, consisting of honored masters of sports, also contributes to this. Citizens of foreign countries can also receive education, which increases the prestige of the institution.
But there are also negative reviews. For example, the parents of some students are very dissatisfied with the fact that when their children have injuries in the classroom, the student polyclinic does not always have the necessary equipment and medicines to provide adequate treatment. In such cases, the injured are sent to the city hospital, and parents have to pay a considerable amount for the services of a doctor.
Public or commercial branch
You can study at the institute at the budget department, scoring the required number of points upon admission, or you can also at the commercial department, in which tuition fees are paid.
