title: Pushkin Institute
text: # Pushkin Institute
  
  The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute (Russian: Государственный институт русского языка имени А. С. Пушкина) is a public education centre in Moscow specializing in the teaching of Russian as a foreign language and offering a range of language courses on all levels. It is named after the Russian writer Alexander Pushkin.
  
  ## History
  
  The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute was founded in 1966 as a part of Moscow State University. In 1973, it obtained its independence and in 1999 a Philological Department was established so that Russian native speakers can do bachelor’s (4 years), Master's (2 years) and Ph.D. (3 years) programmes in teaching Russian as a foreign language.
  
  ## Location
  
  The Institute's address is Akademik Volgin Street, 6 (Russian: улица Академика Волгина 6). The nearest underground station is Belyayevo.
  
  ## Courses
  
  The Pushkin State Russian Language Institute offers one month summer courses and one year or one term courses. Most of the participants are recruited through bilateral exchange programmes dating back to the Soviet era. The Russian Embassy in Berlin reckons the Pushkin Institute among the officially recommended institutions for Russian language courses.
  
  