Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University


The Pedagogical Institute of Irkutsk State University was founded in 1909 in Irkutsk, Siberia as Irkutsk Teaching Institute for training teachers for schools and colleges. The Institute has 3 faculties and 21 departments, and provides education in 9 training directions.
Minor plant, discovered by Soviet astronomer and a graduate of the Institute Nikolay Chernykh, is named after the Institute.