Dagestan State Pedagogical University

About Dagestan State Pedagogical University

According to Wikipedia, Dagestan State Pedagogical University is a state university in Southern Federal District of Russia located in the city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Republic of Dagestan. History There is controversy about the DSPU's founding date. The “History” section of the DSPU site mentions 12 November 1917 when the Pedagogical Institute was opened in the town Temirkhan-Shura . In 1931, the Pedagogical Institute was opened in Makhachkala. However, in the “Information” section, the founding date of the DSPU is 1 November 1943. On this day, by the decision of the Council of People's Commissars of the RSFSR No. 903, the Dagestan Women's Teacher's Institute was organized, in which girls of the indigenous ethnicities of Dagestan were trained as teachers for the seven-year schools of the republic. The institute began work on 1 October 1944.