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Address Oktyabrskiy pr., 55, Syktyvkar, Komi Republits, Russia, 167001 Similar Ukhta State Technical University, Uchebnyy korpus №8 SGU im, Kostanay State Pedagogi, Saint Petersburg State For, Saratov State University Profiles | ||
Syktyvkar State University named after Pitirim Sorokin is the principal university in Syktyvkar, the capital of the Komi Republic in Russia. It was founded in 1972 and has over 3,500 full-time students and 250 faculty members. During the fall and winter 2007-2008, Syktyvkar State University was selected to host the Associate Regional Office of Undergraduate Studies for Russia of the University of the Arctic. The university is associated with the Russian Mineralogical Society. The Huazhong University of Science & Technology rates the university as 98th among Russian universities.
In March 2009 the university established the Sorokin Research Center to undertake research and publication of archive materials on the sociologist Pitirim Sorokin from international sources, mainly from the Sorokin's special collection at the University of Saskatchewan in Canada.