The Faculty of History is one of the faculties of the Moscow State University. Established at 1934 on the base of the Historical-philological faculty of the university. The dean of the faculty is Sergey Karpov (since 1995).
The first departments of the history, arts and archaeology of the Moscow State University were established at 1804. At 1835 department of history was separated into the department of Russian history and the department of foreign history. The department of Russian history was led by Mikhail Pogodin, Sergei Solovyov, Vasily Klyuchevsky, the department of foreign history was led by Timofey Granovsky. At 1850 the historical-philological faculty was created.
After the October Revolution the Faculty of history and the Faculty of law were mixed into the Faculty of social sciences. At 1925 it was reorganized into a Faculty of Soviet Law and Ethnology. At the 1931 the Historical-philological faculty was transformed into Moscow Institute of Philology, Literature and History.
At 1934 the Faculties of history in Moscow State University and in Saint Petersburg University were restored.
Department of the history of Russia till the beginning of the 18th centuryDepartment of the history of Russia of the 19th and early 20th centuryDepartment of the history of Russia of the 20th and 21st centuryDepartment of the source study of the Russian HistoryDepartment of the ancient historyDepartment of the medieval historyDepartment of the modern and contemporary history of Europe and AmericaDepartment of the history of southern and western slavsDepartment of the archaeologyDepartment of the ethnologyDepartment of the history of social movements and political parties of RussiaDepartment of the history of post-soviet countriesDepartment of the history of churchDepartment of the historical information scienceDepartment of ancient languagesDepartment of foreign languagesDepartment of the history and theory of artNotable Members, Past and Present
Timofey GranovskySergey KarpovOleg KhlevniukLeonid MilovNikita PetrovBoris RybakovSergey SolovyovSergei TokarevValentin YaninLyudmila Alexeyeva, (born 1927), Russian human rights activistSvetlana Aliluyeva, (1926–2011), the youngest child and the only daughter of Joseph StalinSergei Bodrov Jr., (1971–2002), Russian actorOlga Kabo, (born 1968), Russian actressYuri Knorozov, (1922–1999), Soviet linguist and ethnographer, who is known for his role in the decipherment of the Maya scriptVictor Schnirelmann, (born 1949), Russian historian and ethnologistNikolai Svanidze, (born 1955), Russian TV and radio hostSavva Yamshchikov, (1938–2009), Russian restorerValentin Yanin (born 1929), leading Russian historian and archaeologistKonstantin Zatulin, (born 1958), Russian politician
